This post was updated Nov. 18 at 1:03 a.m. SAN FRANCISCO – The UC Board of Regents introduced new academic opportunities and discussed diversity across the University at its Wednesday meeting. Read more...
Photo: UC San Francisco is pictured. The UC Board of Regents held its November meeting at UCSF from Tuesday through Thursday. (Sam Mulick/Daily Bruin senior staff)
California voters will decide next Tuesday whether to approve a $10 billion bond for school renovations. If passed, Proposition 2 will allow the state to sell $8.5 billion in bonds to repair K-12 schools and $1.5 billion in bonds to improve community college campuses, said Steven Brint, a distinguished professor of public policy and sociology at UC Riverside. Read more...
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Japan’s richest man donated $31 million to the study of Japanese humanities at UCLA on Oct. 3. Tadashi Yanai, the president of Japanese retail company Fast Retailing – the parent company of clothing company Uniqlo – committed the donation to the Yanai Initiative for Globalizing Japanese Humanities. Read more...
Photo: Bunche Hall, which hosts the Terasaki Center for Japanese Studies, is pictured. Uniqlo founder Tadashi Yanai pledged $31 million to initiatives that promote work in Japanese humanities. (Daily Bruin file photo)
Creativity, original thought and novel ideas still separate artificial intelligence from humans, according to UCLA’s 137th Faculty Research Lecture. Faculty research lectures – hosted by UCLA’s Office of Research and Creative Activities – are held during fall and spring quarters and have been a tradition at UCLA since 1925. Read more...
Photo: Schoenberg Hall is pictured here. Keith Holyoak was chosen to give the 137th Faculty Research Lecture at UCLA in Schoenberg Hall. (Daily Bruin file photo)
A prominent UCLA ecologist on involuntary leave filed a lawsuit against the University earlier this month, alleging wrongful suspension, harassment and racial discrimination. Ecology and evolutionary biology professor Priyanga Amarasekare joined UCLA in 2005, but she was suspended in July 2022 for a year with no pay by then-Chancellor Gene Block. Read more...
Photo: Priyanga Amarasekare leans on a lab table. The professor of ecology and evolutionary biology filed a lawsuit against UCLA and the UC Board of Regents on Oct. 10. (Daily Bruin file photo)
Editor’s note: This post was updated Oct. 27 at 3:31 p.m. to remove sensitive information. UCLA Library’s Modern Endangered Archives Program announced that they will be giving 26 new grants worth $1.47 million to expand digitization of endangered artworks. Read more...
Photo: Powell Library is pictured. UCLA Library’s Modern Endangered Archives Program announced they will be giving out 26 grants to expand digitization of artwork. (Daily Bruin file photo)
This post was updated Oct. 18 at 12:12 a.m. UCLA researchers have found a gene that may have implications for treating blood-related genetic diseases and cancers. Read more...
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