Friday, December 19

CERT Club organizes safety fair to spread awareness on emergency practices

A student-led initiative hosted a safety fair Thursday at Bruin Plaza to educate the UCLA community on how to respond to emergencies. The Community Emergency Response Team Safety Fair was organized by the CERT Club, a student organization partnered with the UCLA American Red Cross Club and UCLA’s Office of Emergency Management. Read more...

Photo: University of California Police Department officer Paul Wells demonstrates how to deliver a dose of Narcan, a nasal spray used to treat opioid overdose. Wells was one of several at the CERT safety fair, held Thursday on Bruin Walk.(Tanmay Shankar/Assistant Photo editor)


Grupo Folklórico de UCLA grows family through teaching traditional Mexican dances

Students walking by Pauley Pavilion after sundown can often see dancers tapping and swinging their feet to the rhythm of Mexican folk music. For the dancers, members of Grupo Folklórico de UCLA, the activity is a way to promote Mexican culture and teach traditional dance styles to fellow UCLA students while building a community through the group. Read more...

Photo: Grupo Folklórico dances behind Pauley Pavilion on Tuesdays and Thursdays. The group practices dancing to traditional Mexico folk music and puts on performances for local organizations. (Axel Lopez/Daily Bruin senior staff)


UCLA sees drop in freshman, but increase in transfer applications

UCLA saw a drop in freshman applicants for the second year in a row, according to University of California data released Tuesday. Freshman applications for fall 2020 dropped 2.2%, from 111,266 to 108,837, following a 2.1% decrease for fall 2019. Read more...

Photo: UCLA freshman applications dropped by 2.2% for fall 2020, the second consecutive year that applications have decreased, according to preliminary applications data from the University of California. (Daily Bruin file photo)



UCLA School of Law to open immigration law center with $5 million alumna donation

UCLA established a new immigration law center Wednesday with a $5 million alumna donation. The UCLA School of Law launched the Center for Immigration Law and Policy with a pledge from Alicia Miñana, a School of Law alumna, and her husband Rob Lovelace, according to a university press release. Read more...

Photo: The UCLA School of Law opened the Center for Immigration Law and Policy with an alumna and her husband’s donation. The center will investigate changing U.S. immigration policy and the migrant asylum process. (Daily Bruin file photo)


Celebrated conservationist Jane Goodall to speak in lecture series at UCLA

Famed animal behavior expert and conservationist Jane Goodall will speak at UCLA on April 1. Tickets for the lecture have already sold out. Goodall will deliver the Luskin Lecture for Thought Leadership at Royce Hall. Read more...

Photo: Celebrated conservationist Jane Goodall will be a guest lecturer at UCLA on April 1 at the Luskin Lecture for Thought Leadership in Royce Hall. Tickets for the event have sold out. (Creative Commons photo by Jeekc via Wikipedia Creative Commons)


Westboro Baptist Church to picket at UCLA against inclusive LGBTQ+ policies

The anti-LGBTQ+ Westboro Baptist Church will be picketing on campus Monday according to an email from UCLA officials. The WBC is classified as a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center. Read more...

Photo: The anti-gay organization Westboro Baptist Church will be picketing near Murphy Hall on Monday. UCLA will be offering a post-event community space for UCLA community members to process the event. (Daily Bruin file photo)



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