This post was updated Feb. 1 at 9:59 p.m. Thousands of people blocked off streets and protested in Westwood on Sunday for Iranian regime change. Protesters – who chanted “we want freedom” and “Trump, act now” – blocked off parts of Westwood Boulevard between Wilshire Boulevard and Santa Monica Boulevard starting at about 12:45 p.m. The Islamic Republic, Iran’s incumbent government, has killed more than 6,000 people since protests broke out in the country in December amid an economic crisis, according to the United States-based Human Rights Activists News Agency. Read more...
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February 1, 3:49 pm
Congo Basin Institute Club connects Bruins to environmental research in Cameroon
The Congo Basin Institute Club at UCLA provides Bruins with the opportunity to support environmental research conducted by UCLA’s Congo Basin Institute – both on campus and in Cameroon. Read more...
Campus, International, News
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January 23, 10:30 pm
UCLA students host vigil to remember lives lost in Iran
This post was updated Jan. 25 at 9:38 p.m. About 60 people attended a Thursday vigil honoring civilians killed amid the Iranian government’s crackdown on anti-regime protests. Read more...
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January 15, 3:04 pm
Demonstrators rally on campus in support of regime change, freedom in Iran
This post was updated Jan. 15 at 9:57 p.m. About 80 demonstrators marched across campus Wednesday to call for regime change and freedom in Iran. The rally, which began at around 12:20 p.m. Read more...
International, News, Westwood
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January 11, 8:11 pm
U-Haul drives into Westwood protest for regime change in Iran
This post was updated Jan. 12 at 4:08 p.m. A U-Haul truck drove into a crowd of people protesting for regime change in Iran outside the Wilshire Federal Building in Westwood at about 3:30 p.m. Read more...
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January 9, 10:27 pm
Q&A: Mary E. Brunkow shares research journey, urges scientific curiosity
This post was updated Jan. 13 at 9:42 p.m. “Scurfy” mice, DNA sequencing and a Seattle biotechnology company were integral to the research that Mary E. Read more...
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November 17, 10:49 pm
Yeonmi Park shares North Korean defector experience, political criticism at UCLA
This post was updated Nov. 18 at 11:08 p.m. Editor’s note: This article contains mentions of sex trafficking that some readers may find disturbing. Yeonmi Park said she had never feared for her life as a conservative speaker in America – the country she once lauded for its freedom. Read more...