Wednesday, June 18


DataRes offers opportunity to build data science skills, find supportive community

DataRes, UCLA’s largest student data science organization, facilitates professional project experience while nurturing a caring community. Upon joining DataRes, members are organized into five data-related branches, which run workshops, blogs, research, consulting and teaching at local schools, according to the DataRes website. Read more...

Photo: UCLA DataRes is the largest student data science organization at the university. They are focused on workshops, blogs, research, consulting and teaching at local schools about data science principles. (Courtesy of Christopher Milan)


UC service, patient care workers under AFSCME Local 3299 vote to authorize strike

This post was updated Nov. 1 at 5:52 p.m. The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 3299 announced Thursday that members voted to authorize a strike. Read more...

Photo: Members of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 3299 are pictured. The union announced Thursday it voted to authorize a strike. (Aidan Sun/Assistant Photo editor)


UCLA’s 137th Faculty Research Lecture discusses current state of AI

Creativity, original thought and novel ideas still separate artificial intelligence from humans, according to UCLA’s 137th Faculty Research Lecture. Faculty research lectures – hosted by UCLA’s Office of Research and Creative Activities – are held during fall and spring quarters and have been a tradition at UCLA since 1925. Read more...

Photo: Schoenberg Hall is pictured here. Keith Holyoak was chosen to give the 137th Faculty Research Lecture at UCLA in Schoenberg Hall. (Daily Bruin file photo)


Proposition 4 offers $10 billion in bonds for fire, water, land protections

This post was updated Nov. 4 at 12:11 a.m. California voters will vote on a bond dedicated to fighting climate change this November. Proposition 4 would authorize the state to fund $10 billion in bonds for “water, wildfire prevention, and protection of communities and land.” According to the California Department of General Services, a general obligation bond is a form of long-term borrowing that the state promises to pay back with interest. Read more...

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UCLA accused an ecologist of harassment. She’s now suing for discrimination.

A prominent UCLA ecologist on involuntary leave filed a lawsuit against the University earlier this month, alleging wrongful suspension, harassment and racial discrimination. Ecology and evolutionary biology professor Priyanga Amarasekare joined UCLA in 2005, but she was suspended in July 2022 for a year with no pay by then-Chancellor Gene Block. Read more...

Photo: Priyanga Amarasekare leans on a lab table. The professor of ecology and evolutionary biology filed a lawsuit against UCLA and the UC Board of Regents on Oct. 10. (Daily Bruin file photo)



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