Saturday, May 10

Community members implore UC, UCLA to better protect undocumented students

UCLA students and faculty members are urging the university to protect undocumented students after the inaction of the University of California and UCLA to address the ruling of a federal judge in Texas who declared the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program unlawful in July. Read more...

Photo: UCLA students and faculty are pushing the university to do more to protect undocumented students after the ruling of a federal judge in Texas who declared the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program unlawful in July. The ruling prohibits the processing of new DACA applications.(Daily Bruin file photo)


UCLA law students support Yurok Tribe in navigating food sovereignty

Three UCLA law students helped a Native American tribe in California navigate decades of legal framework that inhibited their food sovereignty. The Yurok Tribe’s ancestral territory stretches through Northern California, including a reservation along the Klamath River. Read more...

Photo: Nicole Hansen was one of three law school students who worked to improve food safety and sovereignty for the Native American Yurok Tribe in northern California. (Courtesy of Nicole Hansen)


Student representatives raise concerns about UC tuition hike

Student leaders said the University of California’s plan to raise tuition would disproportionately affect transfer students and prevent qualified students from attending the UC. On July 22, the UC Board of Regents approved a five-year tuition increase which will charge each incoming undergraduate class a higher rate, but a student’s tuition will remain constant for a maximum of six years. Read more...

Photo: The UC Board of Regents voted to increase tuition for each incoming undergraduate class in July. (Jeremy Chen/Daily Bruin)


UCLA professors shine light on border crisis in new documentary ‘Águilas’

This post was updated Sept. 6 at 9:59 p.m. Two UCLA professors hope to raise awareness about the border crisis and humanize the experiences of undocumented migrants who died trying to cross the United States-Mexico border in the documentary “Águilas.” The film features the humanitarian organization Aguilas del Desierto and its missions in the Sonoran Desert to find missing migrants. Read more...

Photo: (Courtesy of Maite Zubiaurre)


UCLA’s Arthur Ashe Legacy Fund sponsors sports agency internship for students

This post was updated Sept. 6 at 8:15 p.m. UCLA is offering a newly created summer internship to current or recently graduated students at a sports marketing agency, SPORTFIVE. Read more...

Photo: UCLA’s Arthur Ashe Legacy Fund has partnered with sports media and marketing agency SPORTFIVE to offer an internship to one UCLA student or recent graduate each year. The inaugural internship session took place in summer 2021. (David Rimer/Assistant Photo editor)


UCLA announces new interim dean of David Geffen School of Medicine

UCLA appointed a new interim dean of the David Geffen School of Medicine, according to an announcement Friday. Dr. Steven Dubinett will serve as interim dean beginning Sept. Read more...

Photo: Dr. Steven Dubinett, associate vice chancellor for research at UCLA and senior associate dean for translational research, will serve as interim dean of the David Geffen School of Medicine beginning Sept. 1. (Daily Bruin file photo)


New ELTS department seeks to provide holistic approach in first full academic year

UCLA has retained its dedication to European language studies in creating the Department of European Languages and Transcultural Studies, which has been official since spring 2021 and will begin its first full academic year as a fully operational department in fall 2021. Read more...

Photo: In Spring 2021, UCLA merged the departments of French and Francophone studies, Germanic languages, Scandinavian and Italian to create the Department of European Languages and Transcultural Studies. The new ELTS department, situated in Royce Hall, will embark on its first full academic year in operation in fall 2021, offering new majors and minors to students.



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