Alexis Alemán and Irvin Garcia did not expect to amass more than 350,000 followers when they started the Instagram account @foosinmedicine. But now students have told Alemán, who will graduate this spring with a master’s in social science, and Garcia, who graduated from the David Geffen School of Medicine, that they pursued professional degrees because of the account. Read more...
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The Undergraduate Writing Center received a $6 million donation from alumnus Kwame J. Granderson on May 19, allowing the center to continue its operations for years to come. Read more...
Photo: The Kwame J. Granderson Undergraduate Writing Center is pictured. The $6 million donation will allow the center to offer assistance in Spanish and expand hours to meet student demand. (Joice Ngo/Daily Bruin staff)
This post was updated June 6 at 8:40 p.m. About 35 people marched on campus Friday to demand UCLA divest from companies associated with the Israeli military, end on-campus policing and drop conduct cases against student protesters. Read more...
Photo: Members of Students for Justice in Palestine at UCLA protest outside Murphy Hall, where the offices of UCLA administrators are located. About 35 people marched on campus Friday to commemorate the 59th anniversary of the 1967 Naksa. (Andrew Ramiro Diaz/Photo editor)
The Henry Samueli School of Engineering’s new $125 million Semiconductor Hub will push technological boundaries, faculty and administrators said at a conference May 21. The hub will accelerate research on semiconductors, which are materials used in computer chips to regulate electrical current, faculty speakers said. Read more...
Photo: From left to right: Alissa Park, Charlie Kawwas, Gary Dickerson, Julio Frenk, Henry Samueli, Michael Hogan, Sassine Ghazi and Mona Jarrahi at the Semiconductor Hub launch in the Mong Auditorium. The faculty, administrative and corporate leaders will spur innovation and student learning at the new hub. (Courtesy from UCLA Samueli School of Engineering)
This post was updated June 3 at 9:50 p.m. The senior dean of the UCLA College and dean of the Division of Physical Sciences will step down in June 2027, Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Darnell Hunt announced Tuesday. Read more...
Photo: Miguel A. García-Garibay, the senior dean of the UCLA College and dean of the Division of Physical Sciences, delivers a speech. García-Garibay will step down from both positions June 30, 2027, Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Darnell Hunt announced Tuesday. (Zimo Li/Daily Bruin senior staff)
TEDxUCLA held its first conference since 2023 Tuesday night, featuring business owners, researchers and a speaker from UCLA’s custodial unit. The conference, which drew about 300 attendees to the Northwest Auditorium, hosted 10 speakers. Read more...
Photo: Corey Crossfield, a graduate student in executive business and event speaker, is featured. Crossfield leveraged their synesthesia, which allows them to see color when listening to music, to encourage viewers to embrace the traits that make them unique. (Charlie Hamilton/Daily Bruin)
This post was updated June 3 at 9:57 p.m. UCLA’s School of Theater, Film and Television plans to reverse a controversial proposed change to its undergraduate narrative directing program, professors said Wednesday. Read more...
Photo: Melnitz Hall is pictured. UCLA film and television students filed a petition Tuesday in response to the department’s changes to its undergraduate narrative directing program. (Daily Bruin file photo)
