The Undergraduate Students Association Council approved three referendums to appear on its May ballot at its Feb. 24 meeting. USAC is the official student government representing the undergraduate student body at UCLA. Read more...
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March 9, 8:28 pm
Remembering Aimée Dorr, former dean of UCLA Ed&IS, UC provost
Aimée Dorr, the former UC provost and dean of the UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information Studies, died Jan. 25. She was 83. Dorr joined the UCLA faculty in 1981 as a professor in the education department who researched the impacts of electronic media on children. Read more...
Photo: Aimée Dorr, the former UC provost and dean of the UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information Studies, smiles. Dorr died Jan. 25 at 83 years old. (Courtesy of UCLA Ed&IS staff)
A Closer Look, Campus, News, Science & Health
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March 9, 7:56 pm
Student Wellness Commission hosts cultural showcase ‘Joy as Resistance’
Students gathered on Feb. 27 to watch campus cultural groups perform at an event hosted by the Undergraduate Students Association Council’s Student Wellness Commission. Student Wellness Commissioner Hannah Yip hosted “Joy as Resistance” – a cultural showcase highlighting music and dance from cultural student organizations – in Carnesale Commons from 5 to 7 p.m. Read more...
Photo: Jade Lotus Lion Dance at UCLA does a traditional lion dance performance as part of SWC’s Joy as Resistance event, a cultural showcase highlighting music and dance from cultural student organizations. (Nicholas Mouchawar/Daily Bruin)
A Closer Look, Academics, Los Angeles, News, Science & Health
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March 7, 10:00 pm
Professor Alex Wang discusses China, climate action at UCLA Law event
Law professor Alex Wang credited China for its advancements in green technology but criticized its shortcomings in ecological protection at a book talk Wednesday. The talk was divided between Wang’s explanation of his book titled “Chinese Global Environmentalism” and a conversation between him and Mary Nichols, the former chair of the California Air Resources Board. Read more...
Photo: The event was organized by the UCLA Emmett Institute on Climate Change & the Environment and took place at the UCLA School of Law, which is pictured. (Daily Bruin file photo)
California, Campus, News
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March 7, 7:22 pm
Petitioners push billionaire tax, other initiatives for California ballot
This post was updated March 8 at 10:00 p.m. California advocates are trying to put a tax on billionaires on the November ballot. Leaders from Service Employees International Union-United Healthcare Workers West and St. Read more...
Photo: Bruin Walk – one campus location where petitioners typically try to get signatures – is pictured. California advocates are trying to put a tax on billionaires on the November ballot. (Daily Bruin file photo)
Academics, Higher Education, National, News
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March 6, 8:29 pm
UCLA professor to retire, cancel spring class amid criticism over Epstein ties
This post was updated March 8 at 9:45 p.m. Editor’s Note: This article contains references to sex offenses, including against minors, which some readers may find disturbing. Read more...
Photo: UCLA’s Schoenberg Hall is pictured. Mark Tramo, an associate adjunct professor in UCLA’s department of neurology who communicated with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, said in a Friday email that he will retire in June and canceled his spring quarter class. (Daily Bruin file photo)
Campus, News, Student Government
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March 6, 8:15 pm
Rejected fee initiative cannot appear on May USAC ballot, USA Judicial Board rules
This post was updated March 8 at 9:47 p.m. The USA Judicial Board on Friday unanimously rejected an appeal to overturn the USA Elections Board’s disqualification of a student fee initiative from the May Undergraduate Students Association Council election. Read more...
Photo: Jiorden King and Vonnie Nightingale Smith, the chairperson and vice chairperson of the Community Programs Office Student Leadership Council, listens to statements from USA Elections Board chairperson and vice chairperson Syed Tamim Ahmad and Carl Maier at their Friday case. King and Smith accused the elections board of violating the election code by not properly advertising a week seven referendum deadline on the Election Calendar. (Izzy Greig/Daily Bruin)