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)
Russian chess grandmaster and political activist Garry Kasparov delivered this year’s annual Daniel Pearl Memorial Lecture on Monday evening. The lecture series – sponsored by the UCLA Burkle Center for Internal Relations, the Daniel Pearl Foundation and Hillel at UCLA – celebrates the memory of Pearl, a journalist who was abducted and killed by terrorists in 2002 while reporting in Pakistan. Read more...
Photo: Garry Kasparov speaks at the Daniel Pearl Memorial Lecture on Monday evening, discussing the state of democracy abroad and in the United States. (Constanza Montemayor/Daily Bruin senior staff)
This post was updated March 9 at 3:38 p.m. UCLA experts said recently proposed revisions to blood donation restrictions for men who have sex with men are a step in the right direction, but that more could be done. Read more...
This post was updated March 7 at 10:19 p.m. Hundreds of Bruins and Westwood community members gathered on Broxton Avenue to celebrate UCLA athletes for this month’s First Thursdays block party. Read more...
Photo: UCLA and Westwood celebrated UCLA athletes in this month’s First Thursdays block party, which included a booth for Dunk MS, an annual fundraiser for multiple sclerosis research. (Sofia McMaster/Daily Bruin)
UCPD is searching for two suspects reportedly involved in an off-campus armed robbery Sunday morning. The incident took place on Westwood Boulevard near Lindbrook Avenue around 5:45 a.m., according to a UCPD crime alert sent Sunday night. Read more...
