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National
May 7, 2026 2:06 p.m.
Shiny Hunters – a criminal extortion group – displays a message on the Canvas website. A cyberattack impacting Bruin Learn barred students from accessing the platform Thursday. (William Gauvin/Daily Bruin)
This post was updated May 7 at 9:03 p.m.
A cyberattack impacting Bruin Learn – as well as thousands of other schools which use Canvas – barred students from accessing the platform Thursday.
By Rune Long
Higher Education
May 6, 2026 1:33 p.m.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 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
Campus
April 23, 2026 12:50 p.m.US Department of Homeland Security condemns UCLA protest against agency’s lawyer
This post was updated April 23 at 9:03 p.m.
The United States Department of Homeland Security condemned a protest held at UCLA against the agency’s top lawyer Wednesday.
By Josephine Murphy
California
April 21, 2026 6:55 p.m.Demonstrators protest UCLA event hosting DHS General Counsel James Percival
This post was updated April 23 at 10:52 a.m.
More than 150 demonstrators protested an event with the United States Department of Homeland Security’s head lawyer at the UCLA School of Law on Tuesday.
By Josephine Murphy and Phoebe Huss
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