Monday, December 15



Yeh Lab researches Dark-eyed Juncos, adaptation to urban environments

This post was updated Nov. 6 at 11:17 p.m. Most people would not think twice about seeing a bird on UCLA’s campus. However, for researchers in the Yeh Lab, many of the birds are anything but ordinary. Read more...

Photo: A Dark-eyed Junco, a kind of sparrow, is perched on a tree branch. The Yeh lab evaluates how Juncos respond and adapt to urban environments, particularly on UCLA’s campus. (Crystal Tompkins/Daily Bruin senior staff)


Couple beautifies Westwood by painting murals of flora and fauna on utility boxes

John Park and Julie Hunter are electrifying Westwood for years to come. Park, a muralist for nonprofit organization Beautify Earth who is married to Hunter, painted 14 utility boxes stretching from around Charles E. Read more...

Photo: A utility box with an illustration of a bird is pictured in front of the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center. UCLA Transportation and the Semel Healthy Campus Initiative Center oversaw a mural project in Westwood in preparation for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics. (Leydi Cris Cobo Cordon/Daily Bruin senior staff)


Former Secretary Becerra talks Proposition 50, impacts in collaborative UCLA event

This post was updated Nov. 2 at 10:03 p.m. Former U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services and California gubernatorial candidate Xavier Becerra expressed support Tuesday for Proposition 50 and criticized Texas’s partisan redistricting push at an event at UCLA. Read more...

Photo: Former U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary and California gubernatorial candidate Xavier Becerra is pictured. Becerra expressed support for Proposition 50 and criticized Texas’s partisan redistricting push at an event at UCLA on Tuesday. (Michael Gallagher/Assistant Photo editor)



Former UCLA Labor Center director, workers’ rights advocate Kent Wong dies at 69

Kent Wong, the former director of the UCLA Labor Center and an advocate for workers’ rights, died Oct. 8. He was 69 years old. Wong was the director of the UCLA Labor Center from 1991 to 2023, during which he oversaw the 2021 development of its new MacArthur Park headquarters, said Toby Higbie, a professor of history and labor studies. Read more...

Photo: A photograph of Kent Wong, the former director of the UCLA Labor Center and an advocate for workers’ rights, is placed on a memorial altar. Wong died Oct. 8 at age 69. (Izzy Greig/Daily Bruin)



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