A question surveying citizenship status on the United States Census could cause a large undercount of the population, resulting in a misallocation of money and representation to various states, according to a testimony by a UCLA professor. President Donald Trump’s administration announced plans to add a question surveying respondents’ citizenship status to the national census […]
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Study shows increase in state funding for universities over past year
State funding for higher education increased nationwide last year, but may not have a substantial impact on the University of California, according to researchers from an annual survey. The Grapevine survey, a joint project undertaken by the Center for the Study of Education Policy at Illinois State University and the State Higher Education Executive Officers, […]
Law professors speak on how voting process changes could increase turnout in 2020
Law professors said they expect the 2020 elections to have a higher voter turnout due to a rise in new voting technologies and reforms that make the voting process more inclusive and enable more people to register to vote and cast ballots. The event, which was hosted at the Hammer Museum on Thursday evening, discussed […]
UCLA sees decrease in fall 2019 freshman applications by about 2 percent
UCLA received fewer freshman applications than last year for admission in fall 2019, according to data released Tuesday. The number of applicants decreased by about 2 percent, from 113,695 in 2018 to 111,266 in 2019, according to preliminary data released by the University of California Office of the President. Other UC schools, such as UC […]
International Criminal Court president responds to John Bolton’s sanction threats
The president of the International Criminal Court addressed a United States official’s claims that the court is illegitimate at an event Monday evening. The event, which was organized by the Promise Institute for Human Rights, a subset of the UCLA School of Law, invited Chile Eboe-Osuji, president of the ICC, to discuss sanction threats made […]
UCLA Technology Development Group president discusses research commercialization
A UCLA technology development expert said the public and private sectors should collaborate more with universities to encourage innovation and research on campus. Amir Naiberg, president and CEO of UCLA Technology Development Group, compared the process of technology transfer between universities and the private sector in the United States and Israel on Wednesday at an […]
Student organization hosts event to raise awareness of gun violence campaign
UCLA students signed and stamped their handprints to a mural installation to promote gun control at an event Thursday. Bruins for a Safer America, a bipartisan student organization that advocates for gun reform, partnered with the shoe company Toms to host the event to raise awareness about their #EndGunViolenceTogether campaign. Pat Bradley, a co-founder of […]