This post was updated March 13 at 11:25 p.m. Hundreds attended the annual UC Global Health Day to share UC-wide health research and discuss health equity policy for marginalized communities. Read more...
Photo: Panelists speak at the annual UC Global Health Day. The event, hosted Thursday, featured various panels and presentations by researchers from across the UC. (Anna Dai-Liu/Daily Bruin senior staff)
This post was updated March 10 at 9:12 p.m. Students and faculty discussed initiatives and policies to increase advocacy for higher education and voter turnout at the Asian American Pacific Islander Policy Summit on Friday. Read more...
Photo: Rob Bonta, attorney general of California, gives a speech at the Asian American Pacific Islander Policy Summit. (Aidan Sun/Daily Bruin)
The UC’s Academic Congress on Artificial Intelligence highlighted the economic and social risks of AI but acknowledged its potential at a conference Feb. 28 and 29. Read more...
Photo: Ramesh Srinivasan (left), professor of information studies, is pictured speaking to the UC’s Academic Congress on Artificial Intelligence, while Katherine Newman (center-right), the UC provost and external vice president of academic affairs, and Daron Acemoglu (right), an economics professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, look on. (Nicolas Greamo/Daily Bruin senior staff)
The UC Board of Regents, the governing body of the University, met Feb. 13 and 14 at the UCLA Meyer and Renee Luskin Conference Center. The Feb. Read more...
Photo: Pictured is the UC Board of Regents meeting Feb. 14 at the UCLA Meyer and Renee Luskin Conference Center. (Michael Gallagher/Daily Bruin)
A Tuesday night move by the Undergraduate Students Association Council to vote on a resolution endorsing the Boycott, Divest and Sanctions movement against Israel quickly turned into a tense standoff, reflecting rising campus tensions over the ongoing violence in the Gaza Strip. Read more...
Photo: A sign reading “THE UC FUNDS GENOCIDE DIVEST FROM BLACKROCK!” is pictured. The Undergraduate Students Association Council voted to endorse a resolution calling on the UC to divest from and boycott Israel and its institutions following a heated public comment period and debate among officers. (Nicolas Greamo/Daily Bruin senior staff)
A resolution written by Alette Laughton, a third-year microbiology, immunology and molecular genetics transfer student, was introduced as a bill in the California State Legislature. If passed, Assembly Bill 1818, which was introduced by Assemblymember Corey Jackson on Jan. Read more...
Photo: Pictured is Alette Laughton, a third-year microbiology, immunology and molecular genetics transfer student. Before attending UCLA, Laughton wrote a resolution that is now being considered as a bill in the California State Legislature. (Renee Rubanowitz/Daily Bruin)
This post was updated Feb. 15 at 9:55 p.m. In celebration of Valentine’s Day, 75 UC employees and community members demanded the University to “break up” with and divest from Blackstone outside the chancellor’s office in Murphy Hall. Read more...
Photo: UC employees protest the UC’s investment in Blackstone on Wednesday. American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 3299 organized the event, which included marching through Murphy Hall to the chancellor’s office. (Nicolas Greamo/Daily Bruin senior staff)
