As part of the UCLA Luskin Public Policy Alumni Speaker Series, UCLA community members heard from double Bruin Sandeep Prasanna on the rise of extremism and efforts to undermine democracy Monday. Read more...
Photo: Sandeep Prasanna (left) and Mark Peterson (right) are pictured. (Nicolas Greamo/Daily Bruin senior staff)
This post was updated Feb. 15 at 9:59 p.m. When Aditya Grover learned he was on Forbes Magazine’s 30 Under 30 list, he wasn’t convinced. “There were two emails – one that came first, which went to my spam,” said Grover, an assistant professor of computer science. Read more...
Photo: The UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science, which houses the Department of Computer Science, is pictured. A current and an incoming UCLA computer science professor were both named as part of Forbes Magazine’s 30 Under 30 in the science category. (Daily Bruin file photo)
This post was updated Feb. 13 at 10:07 p.m. The Republican-led House of Representatives impeached Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas on Tuesday after failing to do so last week. Read more...
Photo: Pictured is Alejandro Mayorkas, Secretary of Homeland Security. (Courtesy of U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Wikimedia Commons)
This post was updated Feb. 11 at 10:44 p.m. Rep. Barbara Lee, one of four major candidates for the open United States Senate seat in California, sat down with Matthew Royer, the Daily Bruin’s national news and higher education editor, to discuss her candidacy, her accomplishments in Congress and why she believes she is the most qualified to serve in the position. Read more...
Photo: Pictured is Rep. Barbara Lee, one of four major candidates for the U.S. Senate in California. (Myka Fromm/Photo editor)
This post was updated Feb. 4 at 11:36 p.m. Students and community members protested President Joe Biden’s visit to Westwood on Saturday. Although no detailed official schedule was released for the president’s visit, Deadline reported that Biden arrived in Los Angeles on Saturday afternoon to attend a meeting for his 2024 presidential campaign and greet Black leaders in the entertainment industry ahead of the Grammy Awards. Read more...
Photo: Pictured are protesters blocking the road. (Joseph Jimenez/Photo editor)
The UCLA School of Law’s American Constitution Society hosted a conversation Jan. 24 with a Los Angeles Times staff writer to give students insider information on the United States Supreme Court. Read more...
Photo: David Savage and law professor Adam Winkler are pictured speaking to students at the LA Times’ Jan. 24 event at the UCLA Law School. (Zimo Li/Daily Bruin)
The Friends of Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior hosted a screening of and panel discussion on docudrama film “Junction” to bring attention to the ongoing opioid crisis. Read more...
Photo: Dr. Timothy Fong, actress Sophia Bush and Dr. Helena Hansen (left to right) sit in a row onstage. The three participated in a panel after a screening of the film “Junction” on Jan. 21. (Darlene Sanzon/Daily Bruin)
