Saturday, March 28

Westwood community members contribute efforts for the Greater LA Homeless Count

The Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority led more than a hundred volunteers through Westwood Wednesday night to conduct the annual Greater LA Homeless Count. The count – which took place from Tuesday to Thursday night – was co-chaired by members of the Westwood Neighborhood Council, which represents parts of Westwood as an advisory board to the LA City Council, and the Westwood Community Council, a non profit community organization. Read more...

Photo: Councilmember Katy Young Yaroslavsky speaks at the Greater LA Homeless Count in Westwood on Thursday night. Over a hundred volunteers showed up to the count to help collect data on Westwood’s homeless population. (Ethan Manafi/Daily Bruin staff)


UC Regents recap – Jan. 17-19

This post was updated Jan. 26 at 11:10 p.m. The University of California Board of Regents, the governing body of the system, gathered Jan. 17 to 19 for its bimonthly meetings at the Meyer and Renee Luskin Conference Center. Read more...

Photo: A University of California Board of Regents meeting is pictured. The regents met at UCLA this month to discuss the UC’s fiscal performance and the governor’s proposed state budget. (Daily Bruin file photo)


UCLA Lab School faculty demand fair bargaining, labor practices in walkout

This post was updated Jan. 26 at 10:22 p.m. UCLA Lab School faculty held a walkout on Wednesday, demanding fair bargaining practices from the school’s leadership and the University of California. Read more...

Photo: UCLA Lab School demonstration teachers represented by the University Council-American Federation of Teachers walked out Wednesday morning in protest of unfair labor and bargaining practices by school leadership and the University of California. (Courtesy of Sylvia Gentile)


Students, professors comment on creation of American Indian studies department

This post was updated Jan. 25 at 1:26 p.m.  Members of the UCLA Academic Senate voted in November to establish an American Indian studies department, making it the last ethnic studies center to departmentalize and dismantle its interdepartmental program. Read more...

Photo: The American Indian Studies program, housed in Campbell Hall (pictured), will transition to a full department after a vote by the UCLA Academic Senate in November. (Joseph Lee/Daily Bruin)


UCLA researchers advance cancer treatment aiming to target tumors

This post was updated Jan. 28 at 4:32 p.m. UCLA researchers developed a new cancer treatment that could be useful for targeting solid tumors. In the study, the researchers said they developed a biodegradable scaffold that is implanted near solid tumors to modulate the immune system’s response to cancer and modify the tumor microenvironment. Read more...

Photo: (Hayley Vu/Daily Bruin)


Q&A: Luskin School interim dean Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris outlines term priorities

This post was updated Jan. 27 at 3:12 p.m. Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris, interim dean of the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs, sat down with the Daily Bruin to discuss her qualifications, the growth of the school and her priorities as interim dean. Read more...

Photo: Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris was appointed interim dean of the Luskin School of Public Affairs (pictured). She sat down with the Bruin to outline her goals and plans for her term. (Daily Bruin file photo)


Budget proposal would include UCLA in transfer admission guarantee program

For three years in a row, Lewis Smith chose to persevere. Smith, a fourth-year political science transfer student, was rejected by UCLA for two years straight. Read more...

Photo: A laptop with the transfer admission guarantee webpage open is pictured. Gov. Gavin Newsom recently proposed in his California 2023-2024 budget that UCLA participate in the TAG program, which would guarantee transfers who meet certain GPA and credit requirements admission to UCLA. (Jeremy Chen/Assistant Photo editor)