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Q&A: Rep. Barbara Lee talks housing crisis, student loan debt and Senate aspirations

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)


UCLA students, community members protest President Joe Biden’s Westwood visit

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)


LA Times writer David Savage discusses Supreme Court with UCLA law students

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)


Film screening, panel discussion of “Junction” aim to highlight opioid crisis

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)


U.S. Senate candidates share visions for California in first debate

Candidates made their case to Californians on Monday during the first debate for a United States Senate seat. The University of Southern California Dornsife Center for the Political Future co-hosted the debate with POLITICO and FOX 11 Los Angeles at the university’s Bovard Auditorium. Read more...

Photo: Pictured are U.S. Senate candidates Rep. Barbara Lee, Rep. Adam Schiff and Rep. Katie Porter. The Democratic congressional representatives were three of four candidates in the Senate debate Monday, alongside Republican Steve Garvey, who is not pictured. (Myka Fromm/Assistant Photo editor)


LA-based researchers work to address substance use in urban Native communities

This post was updated Jan. 21 at 10:28 p.m. Scientists at the Los Angeles-based RAND Corporation, in collaboration with researchers at UCLA, have created a program to address substance use in urban Native communities. Read more...

Photo: The UCLA Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, which houses the Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, is pictured. Los Angeles-based researchers, including a UCLA psychiatrist, recently developed an intervention program to address substance use in urban Native American communities. (Daily Bruin file photo)


UCLA community discusses recent efforts to regulate AI at state, federal levels

UCLA community members discussed the future of artificial intelligence following federal and state government actions last year to regulate the use of the technology. In a federal executive order issued Oct. Read more...

Photo: The White House is pictured. In October, President Joe Biden issued guidance for setting stricter security standards and protecting privacy. (Wikimedia Commons courtesy photo by Matt H. Wade)



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