Saturday, May 2

Former Armenian president emphasizes strength of small nations at UCLA event

The former President of Armenia urged audiences not to overlook small nations, especially those leveraging their strategic leadership and innovation May 28. Armen Sarkissian, a physicist who served as Armenia’s president from 2018 to 2022, was the guest speaker for the UCLA Burkle Center for International Relations’ annual Bernard Brodie Distinguished Lecture on the Conditions of Peace. Read more...

Photo: Former Armenian President Armen Sarkissian and Burkle Center director Kal Raustiala are pictured. The former President of Armenia urged audiences not to overlook small nations, especially those leveraging their strategic leadership and innovation May 28. (Zimo Li/Photo Editor)


Bruins voice concern over Harvard international enrollment halt, visa revocations

Visa holders at UCLA expressed concern following the Trump administration’s decision to halt Harvard University’s enrollment of international students. This decision was the latest in the ongoing battle between President Donald Trump and Harvard, which began after the Trump administration accused the university of allowing antisemitism and withheld over $2 billion in Harvard’s federal funding. Read more...

Photo: The outside of Tom Bradley International Hall is pictured. (Daily Bruin file photo)


Crimewatch: May 2025

Sources: UCPD. Graphic reporting by Maggie Konecky, Daily Bruin Staff. Interactive by Ayushi Kadakia, Assistant Data Editor. UCPD recorded 692 unique entries in its daily crime log from May 1 to May 31. Read more...


Q&A: Pre-inauguration, Chancellor Julio Frenk talks higher education, tenure

This post was updated June 4 at 9:48 p.m. Ahead of his Thursday inauguration, UCLA Chancellor Julio Frenk spoke with National News and Higher Education editor Alexandra Crosnoe and News editor Dylan Winward to discuss his experience in higher education and tenure to date. Read more...

Photo: UCLA Chancellor Julio Frenk is pictured. Frenk, whose inauguration is on Thursday, discussed with the Daily Bruin his experience working in higher education and tenure to date. (Video still by Carolina Barsakov/Daily Bruin)


LA City Council approves revised budget with reduced layoffs, public safety funds

The Los Angeles City Council finalized and approved a revised version of Mayor Karen Bass’ $13.9 billion budget proposal Friday for this coming fiscal year. The city currently faces a nearly $1 billion budget deficit caused by overspending, liability payouts, lower tax revenue, labor contracts, scheduled city official raises and fire recovery, among other factors, according to ABC7 LA. Read more...

Photo: Los Angeles City Hall is pictured. The LA City Council approved a revised version of Mayor Karen Bass’ $13.9 billion budget proposal Friday. (Daily Bruin file photo)


Medical community claims unilateral UCLA leadership support in Israel-Hamas war

On Oct. 16, 2023 – nine days after an attack by Palestinian political party and militant group Hamas killed around 1,200 people in Israel, and more than 2,700 Palestinians were killed by Israeli retaliatory airstrikes – UCLA Health administrative leaders sent an email to the medical community. Read more...

Photo: The David Geffen School of Medicine is pictured. (Daily Bruin file photo)


Former UCLA vice chancellor for academic affairs C.Z. Wilson dies at 95

Charles Zachary “C.Z.” Wilson, UCLA’s former vice chancellor for academic affairs, died Nov. 21, 2024. He was 95. Wilson served as vice chancellor for academic affairs for 14 years and was the highest-ranking Black person to become a senior academic administrator at the University during his tenure. Read more...

Photo: Charles Zachary “C.Z.” Wilson, the university’s former vice chancellor for academic affairs, is pictured. A former professor in UCLA’s Graduate Program in Education, Wilson died Nov. 21, 2024 at age 95. (Courtesy of the UCLA Black Alumni Association)



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