On Friday, students called for legislators and legislative staff to lobby Gov. Jerry Brown to address campus issues, including increasing funding for the University of California. Read more...
Photo: Undergraduate student government Facilities Commissioner Carlos Quintanilla, UCLA Facilities Management Executive Officer Nurit Katz and Assistant Vice Chancellor for Campus Life Mick DeLuca spoke on a panel during the Campus Climate Legislative Day Friday. (Evaneet Sidhu/Daily Bruin)
Natalie Bui saw statistics that made law schools seem like exclusive boys’ clubs that would be inaccessible to her no matter how hard she tried in her applications. Read more...
Photo: Law student Eden Jequinto spoke alongside other students Saturday in a panel discussing diversity at law schools. The panel was held as part of the For People of Color Conference at the UCLA School of Law. (Kelsey Kong/Daily Bruin)
Graduate students suggested ways to succeed in workplaces dominated by men at a forum Sunday held by the Women’s Business Connection at the UCLA Anderson School of Management. Read more...
Photo: Norma Vega, a consultant for social equity, spoke about workplace diversity at an Anderson School of Management conference Sunday focused on women in business. (Miriam Bribiesca/Daily Bruin)
High school student Kaylene Mendez wants to be the first in her family to go to college. So, on Saturday, she made the hourlong drive to UCLA from Garden Grove to learn what to do to reach her goal. Read more...
Photo: Students danced in traditional attire at the Raza Youth Conference, held Saturday by MEChA de UCLA. (MEChA de UCLA)
Second-year electrical engineering student Lindsay Light gives first-year psychology student Madison Vaughn a compliment balloon on Friday as part of Kappa Delta’s Confidence Coalition “You Make Me Smile” campaign. Read more...
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About 30 students and alumni shared personal stories of hate speech on campus and ideas of how to make campus climate more inclusive at a town hall Thursday night hosted by Students for Justice in Palestine. Read more...
UCLA researchers recently conducted a study showing that Down syndrome can accelerate aging throughout the body. Using an epigenetic clock that tracks chemical reactions to measure the ages of different tissues in the body, the researchers found that the biological ages of the brain tissue and blood tissue in people with Down syndrome are much older than the patient’s true chronological age. Read more...
