This post was updated Jan. 8 at 6:13 p.m. The Hammer Museum will undergo renovations and expansion on Wilshire Boulevard through 2020 to include new galleries and office space. The Hammer acquired the first floor of an adjacent building on the corner of Wilshire Boulevard and Glendon Avenue from City National Bank, as well as […]
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UC in negotiations with publisher Elsevier for open access to journal articles
The University of California is negotiating a new contract with an academic publisher due to unsustainable and increasing subscription costs. The UC’s contract with Elsevier, the owner of over 2,500 journals including Cell and The Lancet, ended on Dec. 31. The UC aims to lower subscription costs and make all of its research available for […]
LGBTQ+ Bruins find independence and support amid familial conflicts
This post was updated Jan. 8 at 2:03 p.m. Buddy Al-Aydi was disowned by his family after he told his parents he was gay in November. Although he had known he was gay since he was 12 or 13 years old, Al-Aydi, a first-year biochemistry student, said he recognized that his parents would not approve […]
Students, faculty react to attempt to promote diversity to UCLA’s hiring process
UCLA administrators implemented changes to the hiring process in hopes of fostering greater diversity within the faculty. All prospective UCLA faculty were required to complete Equity, Diversity and Inclusion statements beginning the 2018-2019 academic year. An EDI Statement is a statement in which a candidate describes their past, present and future contributions to equity, diversity […]
American literature and culture major revised to include more specialized courses
The department of English revised the American literature and culture major fall quarter to offer new preparatory classes that allow students to focus directly on American literature instead of starting their major with a general English core curriculum. The revisions of mainly focus on differentiating it from the English major. Prior to the revision, the […]
Governor appoints talent agency co-president as new UC regent
Gov. Jerry Brown appointed the co-president of a Los Angeles talent agency to the University of California Board of Regents on Friday in one of his final moves as governor of California. UCLA alumnus Jay Sures has been an executive at United Talent Agency since 1998. Sures, who joined UTA in 1991, currently oversees over […]
UCLA researchers suggest water crisis prevention techniques in paper
UCLA researchers suggested ways to prevent water crises in Los Angeles in a paper based on 10 years of research. The paper, published in the Journal of Environmental Management, suggests that eliminating outdoor landscaping and lawns could reduce water waste by 30 percent. Landscaping strategically, by placing plants under tree canopy shade, could help improve […]