This post was updated April at 11:30 p.m. The nation’s largest public art project dedicated to Black history will be unveiled in Los Angeles this fall. Read more...
Photo: A rendering of Destination Crenshaw is pictured. The nation’s largest art demonstration honoring Black history has been advised by Darnell Hunt, UCLA’s executive vice chancellor and provost. (Courtesy of Destination Crenshaw)
A recent policy report co-authored by UCLA researchers revealed that systemic discrimination against Asian American and Pacific Islander communities persists in California state laws. UCLA received a $1.4 million grant in 2021 to conduct research investigating the current state of AAPI communities and their struggles, said Hiroshi Motomura, co-author of the report and a faculty co-director of the Center for Immigration Law and Policy at the UCLA School of Law. Read more...
Photo: The UCLA School of Law is pictured. A recent policy report co-authored by UCLA researchers found systemic discrimination against Asian American and Pacific Islander communities in some California state laws. (Daily Bruin file photo)
Researchers at UCLA and the University of British Columbia have found that volunteering over 100 hours per year is associated with reduced biological age. Two people with the same chronological age can have different biological ages, which is a measure of how old your cells and tissues appear, according to Verywell Health. Read more...
Photo: (By Isabella Lee/Illustrations Director)
Dozens of Bruins and protesters gathered in front of Royce Hall on Wednesday to denounce discrimination against women and political oppression in Iran. The event – organized by the Iranian Student Group at UCLA, Iranian Scholars for Liberty and Persian fraternity Sigma Pi Beta – was organized to amplify Iranian women’s voices and bring international attention to their repression, said Paria, a fourth-year cognitive science major and president of ISG, who requested to remain anonymous for safety reasons. Read more...
Photo: (Ethan Manafi/Daily Bruin staff)
This post was updated March 15 at 8:25 p.m. Powell Cat was found dead outside Kaufman Hall on Thursday afternoon. Long considered an unofficial campus mascot, Powell Cat has resided at UCLA since around 2015. Read more...
Photo: Powell Cat is pictured outside Kaufman Hall. The unofficial campus mascot was found dead Thursday afternoon. (Daily Bruin file photo)
UCLA released a DataX Initiative report Feb. 13 that recommends new academic offerings and increased support for data-driven education and research on issues related to injustice, inequality and sustainability. Read more...
Photo: A computer screen with numbers is pictured. (Jeremy Chen/Assistant Photo editor)
A recent study from the Los Angeles Education Research Institute at UCLA found that students who take math in 12th grade have an increased likelihood of enrolling in and continuing with higher education. Read more...
Photo: The Mathematical Sciences Building is pictured. The Los Angeles Education Research Institute at UCLA recently released a report that found that students who took math in 12th grade may have a higher chance of continuing with higher education. (Daily Bruin file photo)
