This post was updated March 17 at 3:54 p.m. UCLA Asian American Studies Center librarian Marjorie Lee said she never imagined an archival gold mine of 1930s-1950s newspapers and magazines, exclusively written by and covering Chinese Americans, might be found in someone’s garage. Read more...
Photo: Pictured is Murphy Hall, where UCLA’s Institute of American Cultures is housed. (Daily Bruin file photo)
Students are working to spread awareness and raise money to fund research for neuromuscular diseases through the Muscular Dystrophy Society at UCLA. Muscular dystrophies are rare muscle disorders that progressively weaken and break down skeletal muscles over time, leading to decreased strength, increased disability and potential physical deformities. Read more...
Photo: Mary Keushkerian, Lusin Yengibaryan, Angela Minasyan, Maral Chorbajian, Julieta Serobyan (left to right) are pictured. (Courtesy of Angela Minasyan)
Expanded hours of UCLA SafeRide will run during finals week, offering students on-demand rides between 7 p.m. to 2 a.m. from campus to the Hill and nearby residential areas. Read more...
Photo: The UCLA SafeRide app is pictured. The transportation program will run extended hours during finals week to bring students from campus to the Hill and neighboring residential areas. (Daily Bruin file photo)
The UCLA Labor Center hosted a homecoming celebration Friday afternoon to commemorate former project director and current state Sen. Lola Smallwood-Cuevas’ recent election to the California state Senate and honor her legacy. Read more...
Photo: Lola Smallwood-Cuevas speaks at a celebration commemorating her recent election to the California state Senate and her legacy as former project director of the Labor Center. (Courtesy of Reed Hutchinson)
UCLA Health received a $25.3 million, two-year grant from the state of California to expand the efforts of the Homeless Healthcare Collaborative program, which provides free mobile health care to the local population of people experiencing homelessness. Read more...
Photo: The Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center is pictured. UCLA Health recently received a $25.3 million, two-year grant to further the work of the Homeless Healthcare Collaborative Program. The program currently provides mobile health care to people experiencing homelessness in Westwood.(Daily Bruin file photo)
This post was updated March 21 at 9:18 p.m. Undergraduate Students Association Council President Carl King Jr. vetoed a new plan to fund nighttime Lyft rides for students following accusations that the original proposal was misleading. Read more...
Photo: A person gets into a car. The Undergraduate Students Association Council president vetoed a proposal to provide discounted Lyft rides for students after being notified of potentially misleading statistics in the presentation of the plan to the council. (Daily Bruin file photo)
UCLA’s new Bruin Budget Model will roll out July 1, altering UCLA’s system for allocating funding to different campus departments, schools and organizations. UCLA’s current budget model is successful in times of high revenue growth, but unsustainable in times of low revenue, according to the Office of Academic Planning and Budget website. Read more...
Photo: (Ashley Ko/Daily Bruin Staff)
