Students and family remember Mary “Polly” Nooter Roberts as a passionate teacher whose commitment to her field inspired them to follow their own interests with the same drive. Read more...
Photo: Mary ‘Polly’ Roberts was a professor of world arts and cultures at UCLA. She is remembered for her ability to foster community and inclusiveness. (Courtesy of Christopher O’Leary)
A UCLA associate history professor is using her research on immigration and incarceration in America to impact the lives of the people in her community who face these issues. Read more...
Photo: Kelly Lytle Hernandez is an associate history professor at UCLA. Her current research focuses on identifying how much money is spent on incarceration per California neighborhood. (Courtesy of Sebastian Hernandez)
The University of California will update its own power-generating facilities and procure new renewable energy from third parties to reach its 100 percent renewable energy goal by 2025. Read more...
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A professor approached Ciara Kelly in tears at an event where 1,000 backpacks spanned Wilson Plaza to represent the more than 1,000 college students who are lost to suicide in the United States each year. Read more...
Photo: Ciara Kelly stands on an Ashe Center staircase. (Joe Akira/Daily Bruin)
University of California librarians and their allies marched across campus Wednesday with their mouths taped shut in support of academic freedom for librarians. University Council-American Federation of Teachers, a union that represents UC librarians and non-Senate faculty, held the demonstration during their lunch break between contract negotiation sessions with the University of California Office of the President. Read more...
Photo: A union for UC librarians and non-Senate faculty held a demonstration Wednesday in between contract negotiation sessions to oppose academic censorship of librarians. (Niveda Tennety/Daily Bruin)
The Undergraduate Students Association Council is the official student government representing the undergraduate student body at UCLA. Council meetings take place every Tuesday at 7 p.m. Read more...
This post was updated Sept. 23 at 10:07 p.m. A Los Angeles judge dismissed criminal charges against a UCLA professor whose failure to enforce proper safety precautions resulted in a 2008 lab fire and the death of a lab assistant. Read more...
Photo: The Molecular Biology Institute, where the fire happened almost 10 years ago. (Amy Dixon/Photo editor)
