This post was updated April 29 at 11:05 p.m. Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass said the city has made progress in fire recovery, crime and homelessness but faces a budget deficit in her April 21 State of the City address. Read more...
Photo: The Westwood skyline is pictured. Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass issued her annual State of the City Address on April 21. (Daily Bruin file photo)
Government officials explored sustainable ways of responding to the Los Angeles fires at the seventh annual UCLA Luskin Summit on April 16. The event was held at the UCLA Meyer and Renee Luskin Conference Center. Read more...
Photo: Panelists at the Luskin Summit, including Mayor Karen Bass, are pictured. (Nicolas Greamo/Daily Bruin senior staff)
This post was updated April 27 at 10:17 p.m. UCLA researchers expressed concerns about academic funding cuts under the Trump administration. The National Institutes of Health announced it would cap indirect costs for its grants at 15%, a decline from its previous average for indirect cost rates between 27% and 28%. Read more...
Photo: A chemistry lab is pictured. Many science-based labs have been affected by the academic funding cuts. (Libby Li/Daily Bruin)
This post was updated April 27 at 9:56 p.m. The Los Angeles City Attorney declined to file criminal charges on most arrests made in April and May 2024 during pro-Palestine protests. LA City Attorney Hydee Feldstein Soto announced in a Friday press release that UCPD referred 245 arrests to her office relating to May campus protests, all of which were declined due to insufficient evidence. Read more...
Photo: Police officers begin dismantling the barrier of the Palestine solidarity encampment. The Los Angeles City Attorney declined to file charges against many of the arrests made in May during the encampment and other pro-Palestine protests. (Daily Bruin file photo)
An event spanning more than 50 art exhibitions across Southern California – and featured on UCLA’s campus – explored the connection between art and science to confront pressing global issues. Read more...
Photo: Many of the art exhibits were featured in the Fowler Museum, which is pictured. (Daily Bruin file photo)
Undergraduate students from the UCLA and UC Berkeley chapters of the California Health Professional Student Alliance traveled to the California State Capitol to lobby for health equity. Read more...
Photo: Members of CaHPSA at UCLA and UC Berkeley are pictured. (Courtesy of William Tarran)
This post was updated April 21 at 12:37 a.m. The Professionalism Council at the David Geffen School of Medicine hosted its Annual Healthcare Ethics Symposium on April 3 . Read more...
Photo: The David Geffen School of Medicine is pictured here. The DGSOM’s Professionalism Council hosted its annual Healthcare Ethics Symposium in early April. (Daily Bruin file photo)
