
The California State Capitol is pictured. State legislation from 2021 authorizes community colleges to confer bachelor’s degrees. (Edward Ho/Daily Bruin)
Lisa Roebbelen said the best years of her life were spent learning to care for the dead.
“The combination of science, and art, and anatomy, compassion, and ethics and service … having it all together was in a very meaningful way,” said Roebbelen, a licensed funeral director, cemetery manager and embalmer.

When Dr. Deborah Lehman did her medical training about 40 years ago, cases of bacterial meningitis were common, often sending patients to the hospital, leaving them neurologically impaired and, in severe cases, killing them.
Environmental journalist Sammy Roth emphasized the importance of accurate and engaging storytelling in the fight against climate change during a Friday event.
Roth has spent more than a decade reporting on climate change, energy, policy and the intersection of the environment and pop culture.
When it comes to architecture, Julia Koerner is teaching students to think outside of the box.
Koerner, an associate adjunct professor in UCLA Architecture and Urban Design with collaborations in Academy Award-winning costume designs, works on innovative design techniques – such as 3D printing – in the creation of sustainable architecture, fashion and other products.
This post was updated Jan. 8 at 10:04 p.m.
A Santa Monica Superior Court judge officially sided with UC administrators Monday in a lawsuit brought by a UCLA lecturer who alleged he was unfairly put on leave in 2020 and requested $13 million in damages.
The move followed Judge H.
This post was updated Jan. 6 at 10:02 p.m.
A Superior Court judge in Santa Monica tentatively ruled in favor of UC administrators in a lawsuit brought by a UCLA lecturer requesting more than $13 million in damages.
Associate professor of anthropology Hannah Appel said she has been repeatedly doxed and threatened via email since spring 2024.
Appel, a member of Faculty for Justice in Palestine at UCLA, said she is on the watchlist of Canary Mission, a website that tracks professors who “promote hatred of the USA, Israel and Jews on North American college campuses and beyond.” She had previously participated in pro-Palestine protests and spoke during an occupation of Dodd Hall in May 2024.
This post was updated Dec. 9 at 2:21 p.m.
Artificial intelligence-based transcription software has emerged as a popular notetaking tool among college students, but it has left some UCLA instructors with privacy concerns.

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