This post was updated Jan. 31 at 12:28 a.m. Dr. Stephanie Smooke Praw, the interim clinical chief of UCLA Health’s Division of Endocrinology, sat down with the Daily Bruin to dispel thyroid disease misconceptions, discuss risk factors and talk through treatment options during Thyroid Awareness Month in January. Read more...
Photo: (Valerie Liman/Daily Bruin)
This post was updated Jan. 31 at 12:15 a.m. Crisscrossed with red-and-white lanterns, Kerckhoff Patio bustled with students taking in the atmosphere of the Matsuri festival Jan. Read more...
Photo: Performers sing and dance onstage at the Jan. 23 Matsuri festival held on Kerckhoff Patio. The event was held in collaboration by the Japanese Student Association and the Undergraduate Students Association Council Campus Events Commission, and it featured music, a fashion show and vendors. (Max Zhang/Daily Bruin)
This post was updated Jan. 31 at 12:32 a.m. “The majority of my family has nothing left back in Mexico,” said a UCLA biology student. “If they just started deporting us, we’ll just start from zero again.” Undocumented students like them have faced growing fears of deportation following President Donald Trump’s inauguration Jan. Read more...
Photo: President Donald Trump’s “Securing our Borders” executive order is pictured. Undocumented UCLA students have expressed fear over Trump’s plan to carry out mass deportations across the United States. (Sam Mulick/Daily Bruin senior staff)
This post was updated Jan. 30 at 9:46 p.m. Problem solving was in full swing during the Association for Computing Machinery at UCLA’s inclusivity-focused coding event Jan. Read more...
Photo: Members of the Association of Computed Machinery at UCLA and other students are pictured at an event. Members of the ACM chapter at UCLA organized the “Break the Binary” event and solved challenges, including ones that were Spider-Man-themed. (Courtesy of Jafarri Nocentelli)
This post was updated Jan. 29 at 2:34 p.m. When Dean Bruton told his aunt he was organizing an art auction for the Palestine Children’s Relief Fund, she offered to give him every Palestine-related heirloom in her closet. Read more...
Photo: Attendees view artwork at the “Palettes for Peace” event Saturday, hosted by the Palestine Children’s Relief Fund at the Fowler Museum to raise money for the PCRF and the American University of Beirut’s humanitarian aid in the Middle East. (Maggie Konecky/Daily Bruin) Photo credit: (Maggie Konecky/Daily Bruin)
SAN FRANCISCO – The UC Board of Regents heard public comment from community members calling on the University to divest from companies associated with the Israeli military and to increase wages for nonrepresented UC employees. Read more...
Photo: Pro-Palestine protesters stand in front of the William J. Rutter Center, where the UC Board of Regents met Wednesday and Thursday. Speakers during the meeting’s public comment section criticized the UC’s investments in companies associated with the Israeli military. (Vivian Stein/Daily Bruin)
This post was updated Jan. 31 at 12:02 a.m. Two United States representatives from California proposed a new bill Jan. 16 that would reassess home insurance coverage in areas with high wildfire risk. Read more...
Photo: The Palisades fire is pictured. A new bill proposed by two United States representatives from California seeks to reassess home insurance coverage in areas with high wildfire risk. (Aidan Sun/Assistant Photo editor)
