The Undergraduate Students Association Council is the official student government representing the undergraduate student body at UCLA. Council meetings take place every Tuesday at 7 p.m. Read more...
News, Student Government
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May 16, 12:53 am
USAC recap – May 14
Campus, News
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May 16, 12:50 am
Anthropology guest lecturer accused by students of encouraging anti-Semitism
Students said they think a guest lecturer for an anthropology class promoted anti-Semitic ideas Tuesday. Rabab Abdulhadi, an Arab and Muslim ethnicities studies professor at San Francisco State University, delivered a guest lecture to roughly 100 students in Anthropology M144P: “Constructing Race,” which focuses on race and racism and is taught by Kyeyoung Park, an associate professor of anthropology and Asian American studies at UCLA. Read more...
Photo: During a lecture in the Fowler Museum, Rabab Abdulhadi, an Arab and Muslim ethnicities studies professor at San Francisco State University, and students argued about the contents of Abdulhadi’s lecture. Abdulhadi said Zionism is linked to white supremacy. (Tanmay Shankar/Daily Bruin)
A Closer Look, News
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May 16, 12:45 am
New UCLA association creates community for first-generation college students
Belen Bravo did not realize her experiences as a first-generation college student made her different from other students until her first year at UCLA. “I was on my floor last year and there was someone who said, ‘Yeah, I think my mom has like a Ph.D.’ My mom only went to middle school,” Bravo said. Read more...
Photo: Kesia Eng, a third-year political science student, Héctor Osorio, a third-year sociology student and Stephanie Toledo, a third-year sociology student (left to right), spoke about their experiences as first-generation undergraduate students at an event Monday. (Esther Li/Daily Bruin)
Campus, News
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May 15, 7:07 pm
One of the first female NASA astronauts to be 2019 college commencement speaker
One of NASA’s first female astronauts will speak at UCLA’s commencement ceremony June 14. Anna Lee Fisher, a three-time UCLA graduate, was part of NASA’s first astronaut class to include women, as well as the first mother in space. Read more...
Photo: Anna Lee Fisher, a three-time UCLA graduate, will speak at UCLA’s commencement ceremony June 14. Fisher was part of NASA’s first astronaut class to include women, as well as the first mother in space. (Daily Bruin file photo)
News, UC
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May 15, 12:20 am
UCLA law school leads the way with inclusion of LGBTQ community
UCLA School of Law may have the most openly LGBTQ faculty members compared to other law schools in the United States, according to a recent survey. Read more...
Photo: According to the most recent Law School Climate Survey survey, UCLA School of Law may have the highest number of openly LGBTQ faculty members with 14 in total.
Campus, News
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May 15, 12:17 am
UCLA continues to attract transfer students through Bruin Day welcome
This post was updated May 15 at 12:46 p.m. Prospective students said Los Angeles’ diversity, UCLA’s prestige and its reputation for welcoming transfer students convinced them to apply to the university. Read more...
Photo: Over 2,000 transfer students accepted for the 2019-2020 school year attended Bruin Day on May 11. They discussed why they chose to enroll at UCLA, and why they preferred UCLA over Berkeley. (Amy Dixon/Photo editor)
News, Science & Health
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May 15, 12:13 am
UCLA researchers work to advance treatment targeting source of multiple sclerosis
UCLA researchers are developing the first multiple sclerosis treatment that could target the cause of the disease, instead of simply treating its symptoms. Multiple sclerosis is an autoimmune disease in which the fatty coating of nerve cells, called the myelin sheath, is broken down by one’s immune system. Read more...
Photo: UCLA researchers are developing the first multiple sclerosis treatment that would target the disease’s cause rather than only treating its symptoms. The study found that its symptoms could be alleviated with estriol treatments. Rhonda Voskuhl, the director of the UCLA Multiple Sclerosis Program and Clinic, led the study. (Courtesy of UCLA Health)