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Oct. 31, 2026 8:15 p.m.
A ballot is pictured. A UCLA research center is working to challenge racial and partisan gerrymandering, voter eligibility and ballot collection issues ahead of the 2026 midterm elections. ((William Gauvin/Daily Bruin staff)
A UCLA research center is working to challenge racial and partisan gerrymandering, voter eligibility and ballot collection issues ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.
The UCLA Voting Rights Project, housed within the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs and affiliated with the UCLA School of Law and the College Division of Social Sciences, was founded in 2018 as a pilot program by Matt Barreto, the VRP’s faculty director, and Chad Dunn, the project’s legal director, to combine legal and political science perspectives on voting rights.
By Vivian Stein
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Oct. 28, 2026 5:15 p.m.Noor Baber said helping her immigrant parents navigate the American voting process reinforced her belief in the power of political participation.
Now, as a student canvassing for Los Angeles mayoral candidate Nithya Raman, Baber is encouraging fellow UCLA students to get involved too, ahead of the Nov.
By Amanda Xi
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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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Oct. 20, 2026 10:34 p.m.$950, not $100,000: Sigma Nu has overreported its fundraising since 2023
UCLA’s Sigma Nu chapter told the university from 2023-26 that it had fundraised at least $100,000 each year – the highest amount reported among all Greek life chapters.
By Nury Salazar-Ibanez
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Oct. 20, 2026 4:31 p.m.Gallery celebrates Filipino, Latino culture with art, music and film
This post was updated Oct. 20 at 10:55 p.m.
Students celebrated Filipino and Latino culture at an art gallery in Kerckhoff Hall on Oct. 14.
The Filipinx/Latinx Art Gallery was hosted in partnership between three Cultural Affairs Commission programs – The Word on Wednesday, WorldFest and Art Series – and Empowering Latines Against Struggle, a student-run cultural organization.
By Sashi Atkinson Osorio
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