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April 25, 2024 4:57 p.m.
Student and faculty calls for divestment from South Africa in 1985 hold similar demands to protests launched Thursday against Israel by students and supported by faculty. (Daily Bruin file photos. Photo illustration by Mia Tavares/Assistant Design director)
This post was updated April 25 at 1:05 a.m.
Student and faculty calls for divestment Thursday echoed the demands made against apartheid in South Africa in 1985, which led to divestment from the UC a year later.
By Matthew Royer
Academics
April 23, 2024 1:09 p.m.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 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
Higher Education
April 8, 2024 9:39 p.m.Williams Institute’s annual conference explores LGBTQ+ rights in California
This post was updated April 9 at 9:41 p.m.
UCLA community members discussed California’s role in protecting LGBTQ rights at the Williams Institute’s annual update conference last Friday.
By Vivian Stein
National
March 31, 2024 5:14 p.m.Q&A: Ann Carlson shares her work in the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
This post was updated March 31 at 10:02 p.m.
Ann Carlson, the Shirley Shapiro Professor of Environmental Law at UCLA, spoke with Daily Bruin contributor Maya Vibhakar to discuss her work at the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
By Maya Vibhakar
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March 26, 2024 9:36 p.m.2024 Hollywood Diversity Report shows success, increase in racially diverse films
This post was updated March 31 at 9:55 p.m.
Researchers found in part one of UCLA’s 2024 Hollywood Diversity Report that while films have improved in racial diversity on- and off-screen this year, the number of female directors has stagnated.
By Dylan Winward
Higher Education
March 15, 2024 9:05 p.m.Q&A: Ramesh Srinivasan talks new podcast ‘Utopias,’ future of media technology
This post was updated April 2 at 8:27 p.m.
Ramesh Srinivasan, a professor of information studies, sat down with Matthew Royer, the Daily Bruin’s national news and higher education editor, to discuss Srinivasan’s new podcast “Utopias,” which spotlights his outlook on the future of media and what he hopes students will learn in a world surrounded by new technologies.
By Matthew Royer
California
March 10, 2024 4:55 p.m.AAPI policy summit provides platform for political power, advocacy discussions
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.
By Amy Wong
National
March 5, 2024 10:23 p.m.Steve Garvey, Adam Schiff advance to November’s US Senate general election
Rep. Adam Schiff and former baseball player Steve Garvey advanced to November’s general election for California’s United States Senate seat, according to the Associated Press.
Schiff, a Democrat, has served in the House of Representatives since 2001.
By Matthew Royer
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