More than a hundred students and local organizers gathered on campus in demonstrations to protect abortion rights Thursday. On May 2, nationwide demonstrations took place after a leaked draft majority opinion indicated that the United States Supreme Court was planning to strike down the 1973 Roe v. Read more...
Photo: Students gathered at Meyerhoff Park to protest in support of abortion rights Thursday. (Chelsea Westman/Daily Bruin staff)
Barbara Morrison would always say you can’t live in fear, according to Emily Silva, Morrison’s former student. “You can (could) always go to her for those kinds of things because she always knew how to bring you back down to earth,” said Silva, a fourth-year global jazz studies student. Read more...
Photo: Adjunct associate professor and Grammy-nominated jazz singer Barbara Morrison is pictured. Morrison died March 16 at the age of 72. (Courtesy of George Gee Swing Orchestra)
The University of California has ambitious goals to reshape the state of UC campuses. In the coming years, twice the number of students could be walking on campuses that get most of their energy from electricity rather than fossil fuels. Read more...
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Following a homeless encampment sweep, around 9% of those removed have since been housed, according to a UCLA research report. In March 2021, LAPD officers forcibly displaced nearly 200 people at Echo Park Lake, sparking protests in the area. Read more...
Photo: LAPD conducted a sweep of nearly 200 individuals experiencing homelessness at Echo Park (pictured) in Downtown Los Angeles in March 2021. According to a UCLA research report, around 9% of individuals removed have since been housed following this encampment sweep. (Creative Commons photo by Will Beback via Wikimedia Commons)
This post was updated May 18 at 11:46 a.m. The UCLA English department celebrated the launch of a new digital media lab offering new resources for students and faculty Friday. Read more...
Photo: Members of the English department discuss their new media lab, located in Kaplan Hall, Room 211. The department celebrated the launch of a digital media lab offering new technological resources for students and faculty Friday. (Shane Yu/Daily Bruin)
This post was updated May 12 at 12:52 p.m. The University of California emphasizes diversity across the system. However, the most diverse campuses face barriers in receiving equal funding, said faculty and students. Read more...
Photo: (Katelyn Dang/Illustrations director)
This post was last updated May 16 at 7:43 p.m. University of California community members are calling for an update to UC climate policies, citing missed targets, a lack of transparency and an unambitious approach. Read more...
Photo: (Jason Zhu/Daily Bruin staff)
