When the Rhodes Scholarship selection committee congratulated a “Mohammed” as the first of two winners from Saudi Arabia, Mohammed Alharthi’s first reaction was, “Who is that Mohammed? Read more...
Photo: Pictured is Mohammed Alharthi, who was named UCLA’s 13th-ever and first international student Rhodes Scholar. (Courtesy of Misk Foundation)
This post was updated Jan. 31 at 12:15 a.m. Crisscrossed with red-and-white lanterns, Kerckhoff Patio bustled with students taking in the atmosphere of the Matsuri festival Jan. Read more...
Photo: Performers sing and dance onstage at the Jan. 23 Matsuri festival held on Kerckhoff Patio. The event was held in collaboration by the Japanese Student Association and the Undergraduate Students Association Council Campus Events Commission, and it featured music, a fashion show and vendors. (Max Zhang/Daily Bruin)
This post was updated Jan. 29 at 2:34 p.m. When Dean Bruton told his aunt he was organizing an art auction for the Palestine Children’s Relief Fund, she offered to give him every Palestine-related heirloom in her closet. Read more...
Photo: Attendees view artwork at the “Palettes for Peace” event Saturday, hosted by the Palestine Children’s Relief Fund at the Fowler Museum to raise money for the PCRF and the American University of Beirut’s humanitarian aid in the Middle East. (Maggie Konecky/Daily Bruin) Photo credit: (Maggie Konecky/Daily Bruin)
A pro-Palestine protest marched through Westwood on Saturday afternoon, ending at UCLA Medical Plaza and violating UCLA’s Time, Place and Manner rules. The protest, hosted by the Los Angeles, Orange County and Inland Empire chapter of the Palestinian Youth Movement – among 20 other local and national organizations – began outside the Federal Building on Wilshire Boulevard at 3 p.m. Read more...
Photo: Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center is pictured. A pro-Palestine protest marched through Westwood to the UCLA Medical Center on Saturday to bring attention to the Israeli military’s storming of Kamal Adwan Hospital. (Daily Bruin file photo)
This post was updated Nov. 24 at 10:28 p.m. November’s election will impact many of Annabelle Shen’s friends, even though she cannot vote. “Some of my friends, they want to immigrate here, so maybe they will follow the policies and the elections,” said Shen, a fourth-year geography student from China. Read more...
Photo: Students observe election results at a UCLA watch party Nov. 5. (Jessica Allen/Daily Bruin)
SAN FRANCISCO – The UC Board of Regents heard public comment from community members calling for the University to divest from companies associated with the Israeli military, prevent antisemitism and freeze nonresident tuition. Read more...
Photo: Members of the UC People’s Tribunal for Palestine speak at the Nov. 12 UC Board of Regents Meeting. Members of the public urged the UC to divest from companies associated with the Israeli military, denounced tuition hikes and urged the UC to fund diversity initiatives at the public comment session. (Sam Mulick/Daily Bruin senior staff)
This post was updated Nov. 19 at 11:46 p.m. Around 40 people attended a candlelight vigil in Dickson Plaza on Thursday to raise awareness and commemorate lives lost in the Nagorno-Karabakh region. Read more...
Photo: Members of the Armenian Students’ Association board pose in front of roses and candles in the shape of a cross. The ASA held a candlelight vigil Thursday as part of its annual Artsakh Awareness Week, held in remembrance of lives lost in the Nagorno-Karabakh region since a 2023 military offensive led by the Azerbaijani military. (Sam Mulick/Daily Bruin senior staff)
