The UCLA concrete canoe team won the ASCE regional concrete canoe conference on April 1. Centering around the theme “Speakeasy,” the team designed, mixed, constructed and raced its concrete canoe to first place. Read more...
Photo: (Justine Sto. Tomas/Daily Bruin)
The Terasaki Research Institute began construction in February for an office building on Westwood Boulevard scheduled to open next spring. The institute, a research group founded by Dr. Read more...
Photo: The Terasaki Research Institute is scheduled to open an office building on Westwood Boulevard for researchers, clinicians and scientists next spring. Construction for the building began in February. (Terasaki Research Institute)
The Graduate Students Association found President Milan Chatterjee guilty of violating the GSA code and constitution at a meeting Wednesday night, but voted not to take action against him. Read more...
Photo: The graduate student government decided Wednesday not to take action against President Milan Chatterjee, who was found guilty of violating GSA code. (Owen Emerson/Assistant Photo editor)
The Graduate Students Association is the voice of graduate students on campus. The association meets for forum every three weeks and takes positions on current issues affecting graduate students. Read more...
This post was updated July 28, 2020 at 4:15 p.m. About 200 UCLA employees called on administrators to stop the university’s alleged restrictions on union representation at a protest Wednesday in front of the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center. Read more...
Photo: UCLA employees protested outside of the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center on Wednesday, calling for union representation. (William Thorne/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Protesters marched through campus Wednesday to advocate for lowering tuition and adopting the new $15 hourly minimum wage immediately, among other university reforms. About 20 UCLA students, alumni and workers chanted and spoke about issues such as mental health funding and sexual assault as a part of the Million Student March, organized by the community organization Socialist Alternative. Read more...
Photo: Protesters walked to the law school to protest the appearance of University of California President Janet Napolitano, where they joined a march for undocumented students. (Jintak Han/Daily Bruin)
Napster co-founder Sean Parker donated $250 million to establish a cancer research center at UCLA and five other centers nationwide, UCLA officials announced Wednesday. Parker, chairman of the Parker Foundation, which funds several cancer research organizations, said in a press release he hopes the grant will assist the six cancer research facilities in developing immune therapies for cancer. Read more...
