UCLA staff and faculty remember Sean Wang for his commitment to UCLA athletics, school spirit and passion for politics and math. Wang, a UCLA alumnus, died on May 23. Read more...
Photo: Alumnus Sean Wang was regarded by many as the most spirited Bruin they knew. He attended nearly all UCLA sporting events and was involved with campus politics. (Courtesy of Mark Handcock)
UCLA School of Law’s Emmett Institute on Climate Change and the Environment received a $4.3 million donation Thursday to expand its research on environmental law and policy. Read more...
Photo: UCLA School of Law’s Emmett Institute on Climate Change and the Environment received a $4.3 million donation from the Emmett Foundation on Thursday. (Daily Bruin file photo)
The United States congressman representing Los Angeles said at an event Thursday the current presidential administration’s influence on the media is threatening democracy and freedom of the press. Read more...
Photo: Adam Schiff, ranking Democratic member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, spoke at the Bernard Brodie Distinguished Lecture Series hosted by the UCLA Burkle Center for International Relations. (Ken Shin/Daily Bruin staff)
Actress Mayim Bialik announced on Twitter on Thursday afternoon that she will not be speaking at the commencement ceremony for the College of Letters and Sciences. Read more...
Photo: (Creative Commons photo by iDominick via Wikimedia Commons)
Civil rights activists said at an event Wednesday evening nonviolent advocacy can successfully create social change. The teach-in event, hosted by the UCLA labor studies department, aimed to demonstrate the importance of nonviolent movements today and featured speakers from the Holy Faith Episcopal Church, United Teachers of Los Angeles and Los Angeles Black Workers Center. Read more...
Photo: James Lawson Jr., a nonviolent activist who worked with Martin Luther King Jr., spoke at a teach-in event hosted by the UCLA Labor Center. (Alice Naland/Daily Bruin)
Andrew Klavan said he felt proud to be an American when he saw people of diverse cultural backgrounds, sexual orientations and political affiliations at an airport in San Francisco. Read more...
Photo: Andrew Klavan, novelist and host of a podcast on The Daily Wire, spoke about conservative ideology at an event on Tuesday.(Courtesy of Andrew Klavan)
A social science research program at UCLA received a $2.85 million grant to research social problems including homelessness, poverty, crime and education inequality. The Laura and John Arnold Foundation donated a total of $5.5 million to support the California Policy Lab, a research program at UCLA and UC Berkeley which partners with state and local governments to provide scientifically backed solutions to social problems. Read more...
Photo: Till von Wachter, an associate professor of economics, is the faculty director of the California Policy Lab site at UCLA. (Courtesy of UCLA Newsroom)
