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Nov. 3, 2026 7:34 p.m.
Jennifer Wagman’s office is featured. Wagman, an associate professor of community health sciences, studies domestic and sexual violence to understand its impact and inform preventative measures in her lab. (Chenrui Zhang/Daily Bruin staff)
While Jennifer Wagman taught a women’s health class at UC San Diego, seven students confided in her and disclosed their experiences with sexual violence.
Wagman, now an associate professor of community health sciences at UCLA, helps students with similar experiences through her research at the Wagman Lab, which studies domestic and sexual violence to understand its impact and inform preventative measures.
By Owen Mazzola
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Nov. 3, 2026 7:25 p.m.This post was updated Nov. 3 at 10:53 p.m.
Parents learned the 8-clap, attended faculty lectures and interacted with clubs on Bruin Walk as they experienced UCLA student life last weekend.
By Lauren Tran
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Oct. 31, 2026 8:15 p.m.This UCLA project works to protect voting access ahead of 2026 midterms
This post was updated Nov. 1 at 11:23 p.m.
A UCLA research center is working to challenge racial and partisan gerrymandering, voter eligibility restrictions and ballot collection issues ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.
By Vivian Stein
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Oct. 27, 2026 10:30 p.m.Behind the science are stories. UCLA students launch LENS journal to tell them
UCLA students launched a new publication Monday that aims to raise awareness about environmental issues through storytelling.
Written, edited and peer-reviewed entirely by undergraduate students, LENS: The Journal of Environmental Narratives allows students to display their creative and scholarly environmental work at the Institute of the Environment and Sustainability.
By Darren Tran
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Oct. 27, 2026 10:22 p.m.UCLA expands campus vending machines to offer 24/7 access to health essentials
UCLA announced this month that it will expand the number and operating hours of essential health vending machines on campus.
The Be Well Bruin Express – launched by UCLA Arthur Ashe Student Health and Wellness Center and UCLA’s Health Education and Resource Team in partnership with UCLA Vending Services – is stocked with a variety of health-related products and operates 24 hours a day outside the Ashe Center.
By Keira Perkin and Charlie Hamilton
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Oct. 27, 2026 5:21 p.m.UCLA course explores connection between music and political discourse
This post was updated Oct. 29 at 11:11 p.m.
Ahead of the 2026 midterm elections, a UCLA class is exploring how music artists are shaping civic engagement across the United States.
By Alisha Hassanali
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Oct. 26, 2026 12:18 a.m.UCLA Library’s Data Science Center closed amid consolidation effort
This post was updated Oct. 30 at 10:21 p.m.
UCLA Library dissolved its data consultation center and stopped offering data analysis services in August.
UCLA Library consolidated the Data Science Center into its research services unit as part of a broader effort to restructure the department, a spokesperson said in an emailed statement.
By Ella Thomson
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