Dec. 7, 2020, marked the last synchronous class meeting for Tyrone Howard’s Education 275: “Race and Education” class, a graduate-level seminar in the Urban Schooling division of the UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information Studies. Read more...
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December 8, 7:40 pm
Op-ed: UCLA must divest from systems of policing, adopt new model for safety and justice
An open letter to UCLA administration: Dec. 1 marked six months since LAPD, aided and abetted by UCLA, turned Jackie Robinson Stadium into a field jail to detain hundreds of protesters arrested for curfew violations during the George Floyd uprisings in Los Angeles. Read more...
Photo: Members of the Divest/Invest UCLA Faculty Collective are calling for accountability and responsibility on behalf of UCLA administration for the June detention of protestors at Jackie Robinson Stadium in efforts to promote racial justice and minimize institutional complicity. (Courtesy of Divest/Invest UCLA Faculty Collective)
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November 27, 6:01 pm
Op-ed: Americans should remember and honor Native American roots every day
This post was updated Nov. 29 at 3:20 p.m. Nov. 27 is Native American Heritage Day. The first American Indian Day was celebrated in New York in May of 1916. Read more...
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October 11, 6:21 pm
Op-ed: UCLA community must denounce human rights violations of Azerbaijan, Turkey
“1915 Never Again, 1915 Never Again” echoes through the streets of Los Angeles every April 24. Every year, thousands of individuals from the Armenian Diaspora march to protest for the recognition of the Armenian Genocide, a crime committed by the Ottoman Empire that Turkey actively denies to this day. Read more...
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October 9, 1:48 pm
Op-ed: International graduate students need extended nonresident supplemental tuition waiver
The COVID-19 pandemic has adversely affected the lives of students, faculty and workers at UCLA in many ways. International graduate students, who make up more than a quarter of the entire graduate student body, are no exception. Read more...
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September 24, 12:20 pm
Op-ed: Bruin Republicans think UCLA should teach more about 9/11
On the morning of Sept. 11, 2020, the Bruin Republicans gathered below UCLA’s grand staircase to create a memorial to the victims of the 9/11 terror attacks and pay homage to the firefighters, police and first responders who risked their lives in an effort to courageously serve the great state of New York in that terrifyingly trying time. Read more...
Photo: UCLA could do more for its students to commemorate and remember the events of 9/11. (Courtesy of Bruin Republicans)
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September 22, 10:44 am
Op-ed: New federal Title IX regulations will not reduce support for students
New federal Title IX regulations mandating how schools nationwide respond to some complaints of sexual harassment went into effect Aug. 14. The University of California recognizes these rules have been a source of concern for many in our community at a time of high anxiety and suffering across the country. Read more...