This post was updated Jan. 6 at 10:14 p.m. Amid cuts to retention programs for Indigenous students at UCLA, two members of the American Indian Studies staff said they are providing a space for community members to feel seen and heard. Read more...
Photo: (Luna Fukumoto/Daily Bruin)
This post was updated Jan. 2 at 12:42 p.m. Rob Reiner, a filmmaker, activist and former UCLA theater student, was found dead Dec. 14. He was 78. Read more...
Photo: Rob Reiner, a filmmaker, activist and former UCLA theater student, speaks at the LBJ Presidential Library. Reiner, who attended UCLA from 1964 to 1966, was found dead Dec. 14. (Courtesy of LBJ Library photo by Jay Godwin)
UC Regent Jose Hernandez expressed approval for recent tuition hikes and spoke about his background as a migrant farmworker at a fireside chat in the Latinx Success Center on Nov. Read more...
Photo: UC Regent Jose Hernandez, a former astronaut and son of migrant workers, is picture. Hernandez spoke to students at an event hosted at the Latinx Success Center Nov. 21. (Victor Simoes/Daily Bruin)
Dr. Allen and Charlotte Ginsburg pledged $31 million to UCLA Research Park and the David Geffen School of Medicine in November. Their contribution will primarily support initiatives and facilities at UCLA Research Park – a new 700,000-square-foot hub for biomedical research located two miles south of UCLA’s main campus. Read more...
Photo: The David Geffen School of Medicine is pictured. (Daily Bruin file photo)
This post was updated Dec. 4 at 2:07 p.m. Jeanneth Chavez – a third-year sociology student and single mother – said she chose to transfer to UCLA after community college because she believed it would allow her to graduate debt-free. Read more...
Photo: The UCLA Financial Aid & Scholarships Office, located in Murphy Hall, is pictured. UCLA switched to a new financial aid software – Bruin Financial Aid – this summer. (Andrew Ramiro Diaz/Photo editor)
This post was updated Dec. 7 at 6:18 p.m. It was lightly raining when Ebony Moore – a customer relations agent at UCLA’s Trouble Call Desk – arrived at her office in the UCLA Facilities Management building. Read more...
Photo: Sherston Sanz, who has worked as a trouble call dispatcher for nearly 32 years, answers the phone. The employees in the UCLA Facilities Management Trouble Call Desk coordinate with other campus units to solve facilities issues such as plumbing, engineering and electrical malfunctions. (Leydi Cris Cobo Cordon/Daily Bruin senior staff)
This post was updated Dec. 16 at 8:32 p.m. UCLA’s chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha is celebrating 100 years of community and belonging. Alpha Kappa Alpha – a Black Greek-letter sorority – was founded at Howard University in 1908. Read more...
Photo: Dolores Bodden, a fourth-year physiological science student, and Alexis Hinkle, a fourth-year sociology student and a former Daily Bruin staffer, wear Alpha Kappa Alpha merch. AKA – the first Greek-letter organization founded by Black female college students – is celebrating its centennial anniversary. (Joice Ngo/Daily Bruin)
