This post was updated Sept. 18 at 11:57 a.m. Leo Albea and his dance group would often have to watch out for passing cars and deal with dirty concrete floors during dance practices. Read more...
Photo: A new multipurpose room in the John Wooden Center will be available for dance teams and other groups as an indoor practice space. (Daily Bruin file photo)
A study found that UCLA generated over $11 billion in economic activity over the 2016-17 fiscal year. Beacon Economics consultancy, an independent consulting firm that conducts economic analyses, published the 2018 UCLA Economic Impact Report, finding that UCLA generated $11.06 billion in economic activity, which considers employment, labor income, taxation and product output. Read more...
Photo: UCLA generated $11.06 billion in economic activity during the 2016-17 fiscal year, not including the indirect impact of startups using UCLA-developed technology, according to a report by Beacon Economics. (Daily Bruin file photo)
University of California student workers reached a four-year contract with the UC Office of the President on Aug. 23 providing harassment and discrimination protections and new benefits. Read more...
Photo: United Auto Workers Local 2865, the student workers union, held a rally in August to demand proper compensation, sexual harassment policy changes and immigrant protections. (Michael Zshornack/Daily Bruin senior staff)
This post was updated Sept. 11 at 5:31 p.m. Student government officials released a statement Friday condemning sexual violence at UCLA fraternities and encouraging Greek life to address issues of sexually predatory behavior. Read more...
Photo: The statement from the Undergraduate Students Association Council comes less than a month after a current female UCLA student filed charges against a former Zeta Beta Tau fraternity member for negligence, assault, battery and intentional infliction of emotional distress. (Amy Dixon/Photo editor)
The University of California announced Tuesday that it will use 100 percent clean electricity by 2025. All 10 UC campuses and five medical centers have committed to using solely zero-carbon and renewably generated electricity within a decade, according to a CALPIRG Students press release. Read more...
Photo: All 10 UC campuses and five medical centers have committed to using solely zero-carbon and renewably generated electricity within a decade. (Daily Bruin file photo)
The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music will offer a new major called global jazz studies to undergraduate students in fall. Global jazz studies will be one of four majors in the school of music’s undergraduate program. Read more...
Photo: Students in the global jazz studies major will take both music and social science classes. (Daily Bruin file photo)
Brian Lewinstein‘s closest friends said he had a blinding smile with huge dimples and would often go out of his way to check in with his friends if they were going through a rough time. Read more...
Photo: Brian Lewinstein, a UCLA alumnus who graduated in 2016, fell off a waterfall in Umpqua National Forest in southern Oregon on Aug. 12 and is presumed to be dead. (Courtesy of Kai Convery)
