A UCLA Department of Sociology study found a widening gap in excess deaths between the United States and Europe, with the U.S. having the highest rates. Read more...
Photo: Haines Hall is pictured. A recent UCLA sociology study found the gap in excess deaths between the United States and some European countries to be increasing. (David Rimer/Daily Bruin senior staff)
This post was updated April 29 at 1:34 p.m. U.S. News and World Report ranked the UCLA Anderson School of Management, Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, School of Education and Information Studies, School of Nursing, and the Luskin School of Public Affairs in the top 20 graduate schools for each respective program. Read more...
Photo: The John E. Anderson Graduate School of Management is pictured. U.S. News and World Report ranked several UCLA graduate programs in the top 20 graduate schools for each respective field. (Justin Jung/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Five UCLA professors were selected as 2023 Guggenheim fellows. The names of the 171 individuals selected as this year’s awardees were announced April 5 by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Read more...
Photo: Royce Hall is pictured. Five UCLA professors were selected this year to be awarded a fellowship from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation to support their research across a variety of fields. (Daily Bruin file photo)
The Williams Institute – a public policy research institute at the UCLA School of Law – recently released a report highlighting the disparities that people with minority identities face in higher education settings. Read more...
Photo: The UCLA School of Law is pictured. The School of Law’s Williams Institute recently released the findings of a report that sought to shed light on inequitable treatment faced by students of minority identities in higher education. (Daily Bruin file photo)
This post was updated April 13 at 11:28 p.m. Graduating Bruins will hear from UCLA alumnus and famous actor and director Randall Park at the UCLA College commencement on June 16, UCLA announced Wednesday. Read more...
Photo: Randall Park stands for a picture at Sundance Film Festival. (Vivian Xu/Daily Bruin senior staff)
This post was updated April 12 at 12:13 a.m. The UC National Center for Free Speech and Civic Engagement hosted its fifth annual #SpeechMatters conference on March 23. Read more...
Photo: The start of the UC National Center for Free Speech and Civic Engagement’s #SpeechMatters conference is pictured. Panelists discussed threats to free speech and how academic freedoms may be impacted. (Constanza Montemayor/Daily Bruin senior staff)
A ripple effect of university labor actions has followed the UC academic worker strikes, exposing long-standing issues with employment conditions in higher education. Graduate students at Temple University, a public university in Philadelphia, started a six-week long strike in January, calling for higher wages, health care benefits and better working conditions. Read more...
Photo: Academic student workers picket during the United Auto Workers strike. Other strikes have gone on at other schools across the nation, as deficiencies in the treatment of academic workers come to light. (Christine Kao/Daily Bruin staff)
