Thursday, July 16

Various groups protest at Luskin center as UC Regents meeting takes place

Protesters from various campus groups demonstrated in front of a meeting of the governing board of the University of California on Wednesday. The UC Board of Regents is meeting at the UCLA Meyer and Renee Luskin Conference Center this week to discuss issues such as nonresident tuition increases and the University’s financial operations. Read more...

Photo: Protesters from campus groups including the California Nurses Association/National Nurses United union, the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees and Students for Justice in Palestine, demonstrated in front a meeting of the governing board of the University of California on Wednesday. (Amy Dixon/Assistant Photo editor)


New Pritzker Center to provide resources, research for foster youth

A new center at UCLA aims to address the needs of youth in foster care by conducting research and providing resources to foster youth and their families. Read more...

Photo: Tyrone Howard, a professor at the UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information Studies, will be leading the center. He said the center aims to foster interdisciplinary collaboration to support foster youth. (Daily Bruin file photo)


Video: Luskin Lecture: Chelsea Manning

On March 5, Chelsea Manning, a former intelligence analyst for the U.S. Department of Defense, spoke about ethics in public service, artificial intelligence, activism, gender issues and the intersection of technology and people’s lives in Royce Hall at UCLA. Read more...





Latinx conference discusses representation in STEM, resources for students

This post was updated March 13 at 1:33 a.m. Joanna Navarro said at an event Saturday that she often felt out of place in her statistics classes because there were few students who shared her Latina background. Read more...

Photo: The Latinx in the Mathematical Sciences Conference 2018, held in Ackerman Grand Ballroom by the Institute of Applied and Pure Mathematics, aimed to open a discussion surrounding the Latinx academic community. (Farida Saleh/Daily Bruin)