State funding for higher education increased nationwide last year, but may not have a substantial impact on the University of California, according to researchers from an annual survey. Read more...
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February 6, 12:53 am
Study shows increase in state funding for universities over past year
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February 3, 1:11 pm
Law professors speak on how voting process changes could increase turnout in 2020
Law professors said they expect the 2020 elections to have a higher voter turnout due to a rise in new voting technologies and reforms that make the voting process more inclusive and enable more people to register to vote and cast ballots. Read more...
Photo: (Tanmay Shankar/Daily Bruin)
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January 31, 12:29 pm
UCLA sees decrease in fall 2019 freshman applications by about 2 percent
UCLA received fewer freshman applications than last year for admission in fall 2019, according to data released Tuesday. The number of applicants decreased by about 2 percent, from 113,695 in 2018 to 111,266 in 2019, according to preliminary data released by the University of California Office of the President. Read more...
Photo: The number of applicants decreased by about 2 percent, from 113,695 in 2018 to 111,266 in 2019, according to preliminary data released by the University of California Office of the President. (Daily Bruin file photo)
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January 30, 12:23 am
International Criminal Court president responds to John Bolton’s sanction threats
The president of the International Criminal Court addressed a United States official’s claims that the court is illegitimate at an event Monday evening. The event, which was organized by the Promise Institute for Human Rights, a subset of the UCLA School of Law, invited Chile Eboe-Osuji, president of the ICC, to discuss sanction threats made by John Bolton, the U.S. Read more...
Photo: Chile Eboe-Osuji, the president of the International Criminal Court, addressed claims from United States National Security Advisor John Bolton regarding the legitimacy of the court at an event Monday. Bolton threatened the court with sanctions in September if it prosecuted U.S. soldiers for alleged abuse of detainees in Afghanistan. (Niveda Tennety/Daily Bruin)
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January 25, 8:35 pm
UCLA Technology Development Group president discusses research commercialization
A UCLA technology development expert said the public and private sectors should collaborate more with universities to encourage innovation and research on campus. Amir Naiberg, president and CEO of UCLA Technology Development Group, compared the process of technology transfer between universities and the private sector in the United States and Israel on Wednesday at an event organized by the UCLA Younes & Soraya Nazarian Center for Israel Studies. Read more...
Photo: Amir Naiberg, president and CEO of UCLA Technology Development Group said there should be greater collaboration between the public and private sectors in order to improve the transfer of technology from universities to the commercial market. (Kanishka Mehra/Daily Bruin)
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January 24, 11:46 pm
Student organization hosts event to raise awareness of gun violence campaign
UCLA students signed and stamped their handprints to a mural installation to promote gun control at an event Thursday. Bruins for a Safer America, a bipartisan student organization that advocates for gun reform, partnered with the shoe company Toms to host the event to raise awareness about their #EndGunViolenceTogether campaign. Read more...
Photo: Bruins for a Safer America, a bipartisan student organization that advocates for gun reform, partnered with the shoe company Toms to host the event to raise awareness about their #EndGunViolenceTogether campaign. (Amy Dixon/Photo editor)
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January 24, 12:31 am
Federal report urges colleges to better advertise food assistance programs
This post was updated Jan. 24 at 3:36 p.m. The U.S. Government Accountability Office recommended that federal agencies better publicize food assistance programs in order to combat food insecurity on college campuses in a report released Jan. Read more...