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May 9, 2026 7:00 p.m.
Students walk on campus. UCLA restored access to Bruin Learn on Saturday evening, two days after a cyberattack took down the learning platform. (Crystal Tompkins/Daily Bruin senior staff)
UCLA restored access to Bruin Learn on Saturday evening, two days after a cyberattack took down the learning platform.
ShinyHunters, a criminal extortion group, breached Canvas, which hosts BruinLearn, Thursday afternoon.
By Alexandra Crosnoe
A Closer Look
May 9, 2026 4:58 p.m.First-year bioengineering student Cadence Esterling routinely used worksheets on Bruin Learn to study for her lower-division calculus class – which she has a midterm for Wednesday.
By Amanda Velasco
Higher Education
May 6, 2026 1:33 p.m.DOJ alleges David Geffen School of Medicine illegally considered race in admissions
This post was updated May 7 at 9:06 p.m.
The United States Department of Justice alleged Wednesday that the David Geffen School of Medicine illegally considered race in its admissions processes, discriminating against white and Asian American applicants.
The DOJ’s Civil Rights Division alleged in a Wednesday press release that the School of Medicine illegally used race as a selection criteria for candidates and admitted Black and Latino students who had lower academic qualifications than their white and Asian counterparts.
By Lauren Trautenberg
California
May 6, 2026 1:04 p.m.Protesting doctors, nurses allege dangerous overcrowding at UCLA hospital
This post was updated May 7 at 9:12 p.m.
About 60 healthcare professionals gathered at Luskin Turnaround on Wednesday morning to protest patient overcrowding at UCLA’s on-campus hospital.
Members of the California Nurses Association, Committee of Interns and Residents and University Professional and Technical Employees-Communications Workers of America 9119 – which represents healthcare, research and technical professionals – gave speeches calling on the University to address alleged overcrowding issues in the emergency department at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center.
By Nicholas Mouchawar and Kyan Wang
California
May 2, 2026 5:50 p.m.‘It’s eye opening’: Deportation Data Project maps rise in immigration enforcement
When Graeme Blair heard President Donald Trump’s promises to carry out a mass deportation campaign ahead of the 2024 presidential election, he began planning the Deportation Data Project.
By Delilah Brumer and Josephine Murphy
Campus
April 30, 2026 11:42 p.m.Civil liberties group denounces UCLA Law administrator’s email
A civil liberties group told UCLA on Monday that the university should not stop a conservative student group from identifying demonstrators who protested a United States Department of Homeland Security lawyer’s campus event.
By Josephine Murphy and Phoebe Huss
A Closer Look
April 29, 2026 12:24 a.m.Fielding faculty welcome incoming dean Kari Nadeau for leadership, research vision
The UCLA Fielding School of Public Health will soon have a new leader.
Dr. Kari Nadeau, the current chair of the department of environmental health at the Harvard T.H.
By Shaun Thomas
Campus
April 27, 2026 7:32 p.m.Climate Justice Forum speakers weigh AI environmental cost, sustainability outlook
While artificial intelligence can damage the environment, it also has the potential to promote sustainability, climate experts said during a Wednesday forum at Kerckhoff Grand Salon.
By Charlie Hamilton
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