Monday, June 30

Indian tribe awards UCLA Law $1.3M to help develop legal institutions

The San Manuel Band of Mission Indians awarded over $1.3 million to the UCLA School of Law for its Tribal Legal Development Clinic. The clinic will focus on up to four legal projects each year under the terms of the grant. Read more...

Photo: The UCLA School of Law received a grant of more than $1.3 million for its Tribal Legal Development Clinic. The grant funded leadership positions in the clinic and will serve to staff it as well. (Daily Bruin file photo)




First lecture in ’10 Questions’ series explores the role, purpose of universities

UCLA faculty answered the question, “What is a university?” Tuesday at the first lecture of a 10-week series. Emily Carter, UCLA’s executive vice chancellor and provost, said she thinks a university has the responsibility to transform people, create new knowledge and pass it on through generations. Read more...

Photo: Victoria Marks (left), the associate dean of academic affairs and professor of choreography at the UCLA School of the Arts and Architecture, moderated the first lecture of the “10 Questions” lecture series. Emily Carter (right), UCLA’s executive vice chancellor and provost, and Peter Sellars (center), a professor in the Department of World Arts and Cultures/Dance, joined Marks in the discussion. (Courtesy of UCLA Arts)


Professor of history, African American studies wins MacArthur ‘genius’ grant

This post was updated Oct. 3 at 12:27 a.m. Kelly Lytle Hernández, a UCLA professor of history and African American studies, was announced in September as one of 26 winners of the prestigious MacArthur Fellowship. Read more...

Photo: Kelly Lytle Hernández, a professor of history and African American studies, was announced in September as one of 26 recipients of the prestigious MacArthur Foundation “genius” grant award. Hernández was one of only two historians to receive the award this year. (Courtesy of John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation)


Students say roommate swap process inconvenient, time-consuming

This post was updated Oct. 2 at 12:17 p.m. Many students who moved onto the Hill from Sept. 19-21 met their roommates for the first time at move-in. Read more...

Photo: The dorm switching process on the Hill is based on the availability of rooms according to Residential life officials. However, some students said the process can be awkward or time consuming.(Kanishka Mehra/Assistant Photo editor)


Architecture professor receives award for affordable housing research, advocacy

In Dana Cuff’s vision for the future of Los Angeles, architecture is the solution to the housing crisis. Cuff, a professor in the department of architecture and urban design, was honored by professional journal Architectural Record on Sept. Read more...

Photo: Dana Cuff, a professor in the School of Arts and Architecture, received the Women in Architecture Award for advocacy in September. She received the distinction for her work as director of cityLAB, a UCLA think tank that develops design projects to tackle urban housing problems. (Ashley Kenney/Daily Bruin)



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