UCLA requested undergraduate students to complete an optional online training module about equity, diversity and inclusion Thursday. UCLA assigned all incoming undergraduate students an online training module covering topics centered around equity, diversity and inclusion in September. Read more...
Photo: UCLA Dean of Students Maria Blandizzi emailed the UCLA campus Thursday asking undergraduates to complete an online module about equity, diversity and inclusion. (Daily Bruin file photo)
A University of California report released Monday recommended that the UC continue to use standardized testing in its admissions process. The report, which outlined the findings of the Standardized Testing Task Force, recommended the UC continue to require standardized test scores from applicants and instead change other aspects of the admissions process to make its classes representative of California’s diversity. Read more...
Photo: The University of California formed the Standardized Testing Task Force in January 2019 to evaluate the UC’s current testing practices. Its report, which was released Monday, recommended that the UC continue to use standardized testing in its admissions process. (Daily Bruin file photo)
Leaders in the health industry parsed out policies side by side with members of the UCLA community during a health conference Saturday. The conference consisted of four major topics and 21 speakers. Read more...
Photo: The Los Angeles Global Health Conference hosted Saturday in Covel Commons highlighted urgent international crises. The event also featured research from UCLA students. (Ashley Kenney/Daily Bruin)
This post was updated Feb. 4 at 9:02 p.m. Five students crossed the Sunset Canyon Recreation Center Park Pool at sundown in a huddle, bobbing up and down as they jogged to propel themselves the length of the pool and back. Read more...
Photo: Kelsey Dempsey (center), a second-year pre-communication student, started aqua-jogging as a rehabilitation exercise after an injury in high school. Since coming to UCLA, Dempsey has gathered her friends, including Kaylee Johnson (left), a first-year pre-communication student, and Helen Gunn (right), a second-year psychology student, to continue the exercise. (Jintak Han/Daily Bruin senior staff)
The University of California Board of Regents will consider the issue of climate change in its selection of the next UC president. The regents formed a special committee to select the next president following current UC President Janet Napolitano’s announcement in September that she would be stepping down from her position in August. Read more...
Photo: The University of California Board of Regents will consider the climate crisis in its search for the next UC president. The committee tasked with finding current UC President Janet Napolitano’s replacement agreed on selection criteria for candidates in November but did not originally mention climate change in the criteria. (Daily Bruin file photo)
Non-senate faculty rallied Monday after their union contract with the University of California expired Friday. The University Council-American Federation of Teachers Local 1990 represents non-senate faculty at UCLA such as lecturers and substitute teachers. Read more...
Photo: Members of the University Council-American Federation of Teachers Local 1990 and union supporters marched to Murphy Hall on Monday after the union’s contract expired Friday. (Jason Zhu/Daily Bruin)
This post was updated Feb. 4 at 4:29 p.m. A large tree fell on De Neve Drive just in front of Holly and Gardenia residential buildings Monday evening. Read more...
Photo: A large tree obstructs De Neve Drive as first responders attempted to clear it. The tree fell by Holly and Gardenia residential buildings Monday evening. (Courtesy of Shruti Iyer/Daily Bruin)
