Academics
May 16, 2024 6:55 p.m.
Regent Greg Sarris (third from left) discusses the Thirty Meter Telescope at the UC Board of Regents meeting Wednesday. Sarris, a member of the Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria, likened the construction of the telescope in Hawaii to Spanish colonization of California. (Sam Mulick/Daily Bruin)
This post was updated at 1:43 p.m.
MERCED – The UC Board of Regents Academic and Student Affairs Committee argued about how development of the Thirty Meter Telescope would affect the Indigenous people of Hawaii during a meeting about UC-affiliated astronomy Wednesday.
By Sam Mulick
Academics
May 16, 2024 1:42 p.m.This post was updated May 17 at 12:21 a.m.
MERCED – The UC Board of Regents Academic and Student Affairs Committee deferred a proposal to limit University faculty from making political statements on departmental website homepages.
By Dylan Winward and Sam Mulick
Academics
May 5, 2024 9:13 p.m.Music sets tempo for many students’ social lives, productivity levels
Bruins may use music to accompany their studies and socialization as the rhythm of midterms season accelerates.
Research and student experiences suggest ties between music and the brain in influencing our emotions and behaviors.
By Katherine Wang
Academics
April 23, 2024 1:09 p.m.Research reveals delaying in-person medical residency visits can reduce inequities
A team of researchers from around the country found that limiting in-person visits for medical students pursuing vascular surgery only until after they had ranked their residencies could reduce the effects of economic inequities.
By Yashila Suresh
Academics
April 17, 2024 6:47 p.m.CalTeach program lets STEM students explore teaching careers, earn credentials
This post was updated April 18 at 9:03 p.m.
Growing up, education just never seemed to click for Daria Rego.
“I’ve always had a hard time connecting with education,” Rego said.
By Hayley Prinstein
Academics
April 11, 2024 10:40 p.m.UCLA-hosted talk discusses link between distrust of science, partisan divide
On Tuesday, James Druckman, a professor of political science at the University of Rochester, presented to around 20 students and faculty on the relationship between growing distrust in science and growing division in politics.
By Amelie Ionescu
A Closer Look
April 7, 2024 6:23 p.m.Legal scholars host panel discussing freedom of speech since Oct. 7
This post was updated April 8 at 3:33 p.m.
Legal scholars disagreed Thursday during a panel about the extent of permissible speech on college campuses in the context of the Israel-Hamas war.
By Alexandra Crosnoe
Academics
April 2, 2024 5:33 p.m.UCLA Initiative to Study Hate hosts symposium exploring hatred in art
This post was updated April 2 at 8:33 p.m.
UCLA faculty shared the benefits of studying different forms of hate at a symposium hosted Saturday.
Sponsored by the UCLA Initiative to Study Hate, “The Uses of Hatred” symposium was held in Royce Hall and aimed to discuss humanities approaches to studying hate.
By Amy Wong
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