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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
Funding delays from the Undergraduate Students Association Council have impeded event planning and increased stress for student organization leaders. Student organizations can apply to receive funding from among 15 different USAC funds, according to the USAC website. Read more...
Photo: A stack of money sits under a phone with a timer on a table. Funding issues and challenges in processing accounting measures have increased wait times for student organizations to receive funds from the Undergraduate Students Association Council, impeding student organizations and their activities. (Jeremy Chen/Assistant Photo editor)
In 1923, five Black women founded UCLA’s first Greek life organization, the Pi chapter of Delta Sigma Theta. One hundred years later, dozens of the chapter’s members gathered at UCLA to celebrate the chapter’s centennial and impact on the UCLA community. Read more...
Photo: From left to right, pictured are Debrina Collins, treasurer of the Pi chapter of Delta Sigma Theta, Ashley Anderson, vice president of the chapter, and Rayven Hickman, the chapter’s president. (Courtesy of Debrina Collins)
