Thousands of Bruins and Westwood community members gathered on Broxton Avenue on Thursday for the academic year’s first First Thursdays block party, filling Westwood Village with long lines, bright lights and spooky attractions. Read more...
Photo: October’s First Thursdays block party hosted a variety of options for student entertainment, including a DJ and stilt walkers. (Eva Danesh/Daily Bruin)
The American Indian Student Association decorated the Bruin Bear and hosted a jewelry sale Monday in honor of Indigenous Peoples Day. The student organization placed a Pendleton blanket and signs on top of and around the Bruin Bear recognizing that UCLA sits on Indigenous land. Read more...
Photo: Members of the American Indian Student Association hold signs in front of the Bruin Bear statue in Bruin Plaza in recognition of Indigenous Peoples’ Day. (Courtesy of Gabrielle Norte)
Around 80 people gathered in front of Royce Hall on Monday evening for a candlelit vigil to honor the lives lost due to the recent violent clash at the Armenian border. Read more...
Photo: Candles sit in front of a memorial for the Armenians who lost their lives in a recent violent conflict at the country’s border. (Christine Kao/Daily Bruin staff)
The Board of Regents, the governing body of the University of California, assembled Sept. 20 to 22 for their bimonthly meeting via teleconference and in person at UC San Diego. Read more...
Photo: The Board of Regents meeting in September is pictured. The board’s topics of discussion included a proposal to curtail universities’ authority over athletics decisions and University goals such as increasing the in-state student population. (Shengfeng Chien/Daily Bruin staff)
UCLA researchers have developed a sensor to attach to a finger that optimizes treatment for patients with bipolar disorder by helping them track their medication levels. Read more...
Photo: A sensor created by UCLA researchers to detect lithium is pictured. The sensor is attached to a finger and gives a reading in less than a minute. (Courtesy of Jialun Zhu & Shuyu Lin/I²BL)
UCLA has been using a service to monitor social media posts since 2018 without significant public notice. The university was one of at least 37 colleges and universities identified in a recent investigation by the Dallas Morning News into the use of Social Sentinel, a service schools can use to monitor students’ public social media accounts for potential threats to campus safety. Read more...
Photo: A phone sits on a chair. A recent investigation by the Dallas Morning News uncovered that UCLA has contracted with Detect, formerly known as Social Sentinel, a service that allows universities to monitor social media content. (Christine Kao/Daily Bruin staff)
A proposed UC A-G ethnic studies requirement has gone through multiple iterations of revisions and feedback and, after much controversy, has hit a roadblock of implementation concerns after almost two years of deliberations. Read more...
Photo: (Maleeha Zaman/Daily Bruin)
