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July 3, 2025 6:32 p.m.
A website for Aleph, UCLA’s only official undergraduate research journal for the humanities, arts and social sciences, is pictured. The journal will enter a new era as a student organization without financial support from the university. (Andrew Ramiro Diaz/Photo editor)
Aleph, UCLA’s only official undergraduate research journal for the humanities, arts and social sciences, was two weeks away from printing its final volume of the academic year when student editors learned the journal would lose all of its funding from the university.
By Vivian Stein
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July 2, 2025 6:36 p.m.Marianna Bezhanyan created art symbolizing Russian identity. The Russian government then labeled her as an “extremist.”
Bezhanyan, a third-year design media arts student, said she decided to search her name around May on a public database after her friend Nikita Shekhovtsov found himself on a similar list.
By Lucine Ekizian
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June 25, 2025 9:21 p.m.UCLA DataX panel experts review technological influence on human rights, democracy
Students and faculty discussed how technological developments impact human rights and democracy at the DataX Impact Forum in May.
The event – titled “Beyond Broligarchy: The Fight for a Better Future” – featured an hour-long conversation between Cory Doctorow, a journalist and science fiction author, and Ramesh Srinivasan, a professor at the UCLA School of Education and Information Studies.
By Leilani Krantz
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June 25, 2025 6:52 p.m.Sproul Landing’s aeroponic Tower Gardens bring fresh produce from tower to table
This post was updated June 25 at 9:17 p.m.
Gina Osborne thought vegetables could not grow without soil.
But at the Tower Gardens on the Sproul Landing Sun Deck, she does just that.
By Sophia Pu
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June 14, 2025 5:17 p.m.‘This moment belongs to all of you’: UCLA commencement celebrates graduates
Speakers called on graduating seniors to embrace UCLA’s values amid recent political challenges at annual College of Letters and Science commencement ceremonies Friday.
The ceremonies, which took place 11 a.m., 3 p.m.
By Dylan Winward
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June 12, 2025 11:46 p.m.‘This shouldn’t be happening’: Students react to troops, ICE raids in LA
While most Bruins studied for finals, one first-year engineering student said they spent the week begging their father not to go to work.
The student – who was granted anonymity due to their fear of retaliation from the federal government – said they did not want their father to attend work after learning that U.S.
By Amanda Velasco
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June 10, 2025 11:46 a.m.LA’s premier innovation conferences combine for inaugural LABEST Week
Bioscience and medical technology leaders convened at UCLA from May 19 to May 22, combining two of Los Angeles’s premier innovation conferences.
The UCLA Technology Development Group united the UCLA MedTech Conference and LA Bioscience Ecosystem Summit for the inaugural LABEST Week with the hope of fostering collaboration across fields such as medical technology, therapeutics and artificial intelligence, according to a press release.
By Shaun Thomas and Tia Ketsan
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June 8, 2025 7:35 p.m.Q&A: Dr. Andrew Charles talks migraine awareness, advances in treatments
Dr. Andrew Charles, the director of the UCLA Goldberg Migraine Program, sat down with Daily Bruin contributor Alyssa Wong to discuss migraine research, treatment and advocacy for National Migraine and Headache Awareness Month.
By Alyssa Wong
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June 8, 2025 7:31 p.m.UCLA students celebrate identity-based graduations despite growing DEI scrutiny
Family members rely on identity-specific graduation celebrations to honor their graduating Bruins’ accomplishments.
Identity-based graduation ceremonies – including the Latinx Celebration and the Samahang Pilipino Student Celebration – seek to honor seniors who share a particular identity, said Lindsey Sambilay, the Pilipinx Graduation Celebration admin coordinator.
By Alisha Hassanali
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