A student organization demonstrated during a basketball game Thursday to push UCLA to better address cases of racial discrimination on campus and increase funding for African-American student groups. Read more...
Photo: Students in the African Student Union demonstrated at the men’s basketball game Thursday to express discontent with how UCLA has addressed the interests of African-American students. (Michael Zshornack/Daily Bruin senior staff)
The University of California will not renew its subscription with the world’s largest scientific publisher, a University press release announced Thursday. The UC and Elsevier, which owns over 2,500 journals such as Cell and The Lancet, were unable to come to an agreement regarding publishing fees and subscription costs after months of negotiations. Read more...
Photo: The UC and Elsevier, which owns over 2,500 journals including Cell and The Lancet, were unable to come to an agreement regarding publishing fees and subscription costs after months of negotiations. (Liz Ketcham/Assistant Photo editor)
Four UCLA Army Senior Division Reserve Officers’ Training Corps faculty members received awards for rescuing a civilian in a car crash last year. Maj. Steve Kwon, Maj. Read more...
Photo: Maj. Steve Kwon, Maj. Tyrone Vargas, Romeo Miguel and Victoria Sanelli were recognized at an award ceremony Wednesday for aiding in the rescue of a trapped motorist in a car crash last year. Members of the department of military science attended the ceremony. (Emily Ng/Daily Bruin)
This post was updated Feb. 28 at 4:17 p.m. Students and panelists discussed the effects of Title IX policy on UCLA students Wednesday night. The Bruin Consent Coalition and Undergraduate Students Association Council Office of the President held the town hall to analyze the intersection of sexual violence, Title IX policy and student life. Read more...
Photo: Alicia Oeser (pictured), the director of UCLA Campus Assault Resources & Education, was one of several panelists that discussed how sexual violence and Title IX policy affect the lives of UCLA students at a town hall Wednesday. (Ashley Kenney/Daily Bruin)
A law professor proposed ways for individuals and local and state governments to mitigate the impacts of a recent cap on tax deductions at an event Wednesday. Read more...
Photo: University of California Hastings College of the Law professor Manoj Viswanathan said there are a number of ways to bypass a recent cap on tax deductions. The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, which went into effect January 2018, capped these deductions. (Tanmay Shankar/Daily Bruin)
Los Angeles’ climate is getting warmer, not colder, despite snow, lower temperatures and increased precipitation this month. This February has been the coldest in nearly 60 years, with the average temperature in LA this month falling five degrees lower than the normal average. Read more...
UCLA has developed an educational program which aims to help housing professionals address issues regarding affordable housing. The Howard and Irene Levine Affordable Housing Development Program is an interdisciplinary educational curriculum developed jointly by faculty from the UCLA Anderson School of Management’s Ziman Center for Real Estate, UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs and UCLA School of Law. Read more...
Photo: Joan Ling is the Howard and Irene Levine Affordable Housing Development Program co-director and an urban planning lecturer. She said the program helps enrollees acquire skills and knowledge that can often take a considerable amount of time to learn when actively working in the field. (Courtesy of Berangere Altier)
