In 2013, Sy Stokes released a spoken word video, “The Black Bruins,” that garnered national attention. The video featured Stokes and members of the Black Male Institute, an organization dedicated to researching educational opportunities for black men, who cited statistics about the number of black students at UCLA. Read more...
Photo: Sy Stokes, who graduated from UCLA in March, released a spoken word video, “The Black Bruins,” that garnered national attention. (Mackenzie Possee/Daily Bruin)
UCLA researchers released a report Thursday which found 45 percent of all same-sex couples in the United States are now married, compared to 21 percent in 2013. Read more...
Marco Ferreira’s recovery process has been a long one, consisting of three surgeries, ongoing physical rehabilitation and numerous visits from therapy dogs. In 2008, Ferreira was involved in a motorcycle accident that resulted in a traumatic brain injury and left him in a coma for six weeks. Read more...
Photo: Gigi Schiller, a staff member for People-Animal Connection, pets Larry, one of the program’s 70 therapy dogs. The program, which was founded in 1994, has dogs visit patients, staff and families in different UCLA Health centers to help them in recovery. (Michael Zshornack/Daily Bruin)
University of California researchers will present a report recommending officials to regulate carbon emissions and reduce short-lived pollutant concentrations at a United Nations conference on climate change later this month. Read more...
City officials implemented a demand-based parking program Thursday that limits Westwood residents and visitors to two hours of street parking at a time. Los Angeles Department of Transportation officials developed the Express Park program in 2012 to decrease parking traffic in L.A. Read more...
Photo: Mayor Eric Garcetti, among other city officials, arrived in Westwood Village on Thursday afternoon for the launch of Express Park, a new parking program. (Westwood Village Improvement Association)
Justin Christopher told students and community members Thursday morning he wants others to see formerly incarcerated individuals like himself for what they can offer, rather than labeling them. Read more...
Photo: James Anderson, a third-year political science transfer student, speaks at UCLA Justice Work Group’s forum about systemic injustice in mass incarceration Thursday. (L.A. Beyond the Bars: Justice for All)
Student groups received an average of $100 less than they did last year from an undergraduate student government fund, after the council approved allocations for the fund’s fall allotments Tuesday. Read more...
