A University of Southern California researcher and filmmaker said he thinks society should think about what it’s like to be a Mexican member of society at a panel on Afro-Latina/o identity Wednesday. Read more...
Photo: (Rocio Flores Huaringa/Daily Bruin)
Every year, a small city in Uganda transforms into a center of free surgery for patients who suffer a painful, unusual complication from childbirth – a hole torn between the birth canal and the bladder or rectum. Read more...
Photo: Christopher Tarnay, division chief of female pelvic medicine and reconstructive surgery at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, and UCLA doctors travel to Uganda each year to help people with childbirth complications. (Courtesy of Oscar Zagal)
A UCLA history professor involved in an ongoing Title IX lawsuit reached an agreement with UCLA that will allow him to return to teach. Gabriel Piterberg was suspended last spring quarter without pay and resigned from his position as director of the Center for Near Eastern Studies last May, after two graduate students filed sexual assault complaints against him. Read more...
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...
Photo: The undergraduate student government approves a five-day election calendar. (Jintak Han/Daily Bruin)
As a child, Christina Springer stayed up late to watch TV newscasts on election night with her parents, writing the number of electoral votes in her pink Minnie Mouse notebook as they increased one by one, using them to make her own predictions. Read more...
Photo: Christina Springer, a fourth-year political science student, has a knack for analyzing political data. (Hannah Ye/Daily Bruin senior staff)
University of California campuses received $1.32 million Monday to bring together centers that aim to facilitate health and poverty research. The UC Office of the President funded the Blum Federation. Read more...
The undergraduate student government approved Tuesday night a five-day election calendar for the council’s election this spring, and discussed increased security presence at election events. This year’s Undergraduate Students Association Council election will take place May 2 to May 6. Read more...
