Campus Queries is a series in which Daily Bruin readers and staff present science-related questions for UCLA professors and experts to answer. Q: What is a super bloom? Read more...
Photo: A set of flowers blowing in the wind is pictured. Most of the plants involved in super blooms are annual plants – those that only flower once in their lifetime, according to Felipe Zapata, an assistant professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. (Shengfeng Chien/Daily Bruin staff)
The UCLA Labor Center hosted a homecoming celebration Friday afternoon to commemorate former project director and current state Sen. Lola Smallwood-Cuevas’ recent election to the California state Senate and honor her legacy. Read more...
Photo: Lola Smallwood-Cuevas speaks at a celebration commemorating her recent election to the California state Senate and her legacy as former project director of the Labor Center. (Courtesy of Reed Hutchinson)
A recent study from the Los Angeles Education Research Institute at UCLA found that students who take math in 12th grade have an increased likelihood of enrolling in and continuing with higher education. Read more...
Photo: The Mathematical Sciences Building is pictured. The Los Angeles Education Research Institute at UCLA recently released a report that found that students who took math in 12th grade may have a higher chance of continuing with higher education. (Daily Bruin file photo)
Student Researchers United and United Auto Workers Local 2865, unions representing graduate student researchers and academic student employees, respectively, merged to become known solely as UAW Local 2865, it announced Monday. Read more...
Photo: Pictured is a United Auto Workers union strike. Student Researchers United and UAW Local 2865 announced via Twitter on Monday that they would merge to be known only as UAW Local 2865, representing a combined 36,000 graduate student employees at the UC. (Christine Kao/Daily Bruin staff)
Following UCLA leading the University of California as the campus with the most students newly registered to vote leading up to the 2022 midterm elections, a Tufts University report has found young people across the nation are casting their ballots to ensure the voices of a new generation are heard. Read more...
Photo: People vote at ballot boxes. Students discussed youths’ recent trends of political participation following a Tufts University report that found a significantly high percentage of young people participated in the 2022 midterm elections. (Daily Bruin file photo)
A recently implemented bill mandated that all University of California and California State University schools provide on-site medication abortion services by Jan. 1, 2023. However, most students are unaware of these services or how to access them, UCLA community members said. Read more...
Photo: The Title IX Office is located in Murphy Hall, pictured. Senate Bill 24 requires University of California and California State University campuses to offer medication abortion on-site, but there have been delays in implementation and outreach of services. (Daily Bruin file photo)
Following the announcement of Gov. Gavin Newsom’s proposed 2023-2024 budget in January, UCLA professors discussed its implications for the University of California. The governor of California releases their proposed budget for the next fiscal year in January with monetary allocations based on economic estimates and predictions, said Zev Yaroslavsky, director of the Luskin School of Public Affairs’ Los Angeles Initiative, in an emailed statement. Read more...
