Gary Gates, the Blachford-Cooper Distinguished Scholar and research director of the Williams Institute at the UCLA School of Law, conducted research on the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender population that was cited in the Supreme Court’s decision Friday to legalize same-sex marriage nationwide. Read more...
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June 30, 2:56 pm
Q&A: UCLA researcher talks role in Supreme Court same-sex marriage ruling
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June 29, 2:01 am
Summit seeks to address issues in education for black students, teachers
Sy Stokes, the creator of the viral YouTube video “The Black Bruins [Spoken Word]” who graduated from UCLA in 2015, was among those at a summit of black students, educators and community activists who shared their struggles to attain quality education. Read more...
Photo: The Summit on Educational Excellence for African Americans was held Friday as part of the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for African Americans. (Miriam Bribiesca/Daily Bruin senior staff)
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June 29, 2:00 am
UCSA discusses increasing student representation on the Board of Regents
The University of California Student Association discussed a proposal to add another nonvoting student representative to the UC Board of Regents Saturday. Avi Oved, the student regent-designate, proposed the position. Read more...
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June 29, 2:00 am
UniCamp relocates second session due to persisting San Bernardino fires
About 200 children and student volunteers at a UCLA nonprofit summer camp moved Saturday to a campsite in Wrightwood for the second session of the program as the San Bernardino fires that forced them to evacuate from their original site continued to spread. Read more...
Photo: UniCamp, a nonprofit summer camp, was forced to relocate again after the San Bernardino fires that forced it to evacuate from its original site in Barton Flats continued to spread. (Courtesy of Michael Starr)
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June 29, 2:00 am
New Fleet and Transit Services director aims to innovate transportation
UCLA’s incoming Fleet and Transit Services director collected city maps as a kid because he found streets fascinating. Clinton Bench said he thinks street planning, which is constrained by urban development, must be creative to get people from place to place in the fastest way possible, and Los Angeles’ history is most intriguing to look at. Read more...
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June 29, 2:00 am
UCLA works toward water conservation projects to combat drought
UCLA has undertaken several water conservation projects since 2013 because of the California drought and Gov. Jerry Brown’s emergency water restrictions, including replacing the Intramural Field’s grass with artificial turf. Read more...