Kevan Harris thought his undergraduate sociology classes were dull, until he took a class that covered social and historical revolutions from a sociological perspective. “I thought the Russian Revolution and the French Revolution were about politics,” said Harris, an assistant professor in sociology. Read more...
Photo: Sociology assistant professor Kevan Harris is working on a social survey in Iran that will focus on social mobility. (Kira VandenBrande/Daily Bruin)
Graduate students can now apply to participate in a food studies certificate program led by the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs that will begin in fall. Read more...
Editor’s note: Priyanka Nanayakkara is a student in Ananya Roy’s class Inequality and Democracy: The Analysis and Praxis of Public Problems. Scholars, artists and activists gathered Feb. Read more...
Photo: Photo courtesy of Namrata Ramani
The Armenian Students’ Association held a “Stain of Denial” silent protest Thursday in response to the Turkish government’s denial of the Armenian genocide. The protest was held from 10 a.m. Read more...
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The Phi Kappa Psi national organization rechartered its UCLA chapter last Saturday, after the chapter’s alumni and members built a new house and petitioned to be reinstated. Read more...
Photo: The Phi Kappa Psi national organization rechartered its UCLA chapter last Saturday, after the chapter’s alumni and members built a new house and petitioned to be reinstated. (Alejandra Reyes/Daily Bruin senior staff)
UCLA will host an international conference and reception on Monday to celebrate the inaugural partnership between the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization and the University of California. Read more...
Photo: Carlos Torres, the first UCLA Chair in Global Learning and Global Citizenship Education of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, will focus on facilitating research and teaching. (UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information Studies)
An Ashe Center physician recently completed a training in transgender health education, in an attempt to improve medical services for students who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender. Read more...
Photo: Jay Espejo began training to specialize in transgender care last May and has focused his studies on hormone replacement. He is the first physician from the Ashe Center to be trained in transgender health care. (Kira VandenBrande/Daily Bruin)
