This post was updated July 17 at 11:20 p.m. The University of California joined a science equity and diversity program in May, making the UC the first university system to participate in the program, according to a press release from the UC Office of the President. Read more...
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This post was updated July 10 at 9:43 p.m. Increasing demand for skilled workers have prompted changes to the United Kingdom’s immigration policy for recent graduates, allowing them to stay in the country without a job offer, UCLA faculty said. Read more...
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This post was updated July 10 at 9:48 p.m. The California NanoSystems Institute at UCLA launched a new workforce development program in April for students preparing to enter scientific, product-based industries, according to the CNSI website. Read more...
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This post was updated June 26 at 9:48 p.m. Transgender students in educational settings – including colleges and universities – often experience harassment and feel a lack of belonging for their identity, but institutions can provide resources to support them, according to a UCLA study. Read more...
Photo: Several pins show the transgender flag and sets of pronouns along with a UCLA sticker incorporating the trans flag. An April 2022 report from the UCLA School of Law’s Williams Institute, a policy think tank that researches issues surrounded gender identity and sexual orientation, found that many transgender students experience harassment and inequality in higher education settings. (Christine Kao/Daily Bruin staff)
This post was updated June 26 at 9:37 p.m. UCLA administrators announced in a June 7 statement that the dean of the Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science will be stepping down from her position in the summer. Read more...
Photo: Jayathi Murthy speaks after being appointed as dean of the Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science. Murthy will be stepping down as dean in the summer. (Daily Bruin file photo)
This post was updated May 18 at 10.57 p.m. Honu Nichols, a Native Hawaiian student, attended her first protest to protect Mauna Kea, a volcano in Hawaii, in 2015. Read more...
Photo: The Thirty Meter Telescope Observatory raises UCLA community members’ concerns over protecting the sanctity of Mauna Kea. (Creative Commons photo by TMT Observatory Corporation via Wikimedia Commons)
State bans on affirmative action are associated with striking declines in racial and ethnic diversity in public medical schools, according to a recent UCLA-led study. The study examined the percentage of students from underrepresented backgrounds in United States public medical schools between 1985 and 2019 and found there was a decrease in the percentage of Black, Hispanic, American Indian or Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander students. Read more...
Photo: The David Geffen School of Medicine (pictured) is one of the central medical complexes at UCLA. (Daily Bruin file photo)
