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June 1, 2026 12:16 a.m.
Corey Crossfield, a graduate student in executive business and event speaker, is featured. Crossfield leveraged their synesthesia, which allows them to see color when listening to music, to encourage viewers to embrace the traits that make them unique. (Charlie Hamilton/Daily Bruin)
TEDxUCLA held its first conference since 2023 Tuesday night, featuring business owners, researchers and a speaker from UCLA’s custodial unit.
The conference, which drew about 300 attendees to the Northwest Auditorium, hosted 10 speakers.
By Catherine Wang and Charlie Hamilton
California
May 31, 2026 11:46 p.m.Incumbent Karen Bass and 13 challengers are running for Los Angeles mayor.
Voters will choose the top two candidates in the June 2 primary election to advance to a November runoff, unless a candidate receives more than 50% of the vote in the primary and automatically wins the office.
By Julian Duaybis
A Closer Look
May 30, 2026 11:21 a.m.UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television to review program change following criticism
UCLA’s School of Theater, Film and Television plans to reverse a controversial proposed change to its undergraduate narrative directing program, professors said Wednesday.
Administrators from the School of Theater, Film and Television initially announced in a May 7 email that students taking Undergraduate Film Production – a required course for students in the narrative directing concentration – would collectively only be allowed to make a maximum of eight films.
By Dylan Winward
Campus
May 29, 2026 4:22 p.m.UCPD arrests man suspected of sexual assault, cellphone theft
UCPD arrested a man early Friday morning after he allegedly assaulted multiple people on UCLA’s campus.
The man allegedly stole a student’s cellphone on Bruin Walk and fled to the Hill where he attempted to sexually assault multiple students between 11:35 p.m.
By Maggie Konecky
News
May 29, 2026 2:58 p.m.Ocean preservationists dive in to the effects of DDT dumping at Hammer Museum event
Researchers across academic disciplines should work together to address the negative impacts of human interactions with and educate people about marine ecosystems, ocean preservation activists said at a May 21 event.
By Donya Hassanshahi
Campus
May 28, 2026 9:08 p.m.GSA condemns conversion of Weyburn Terrace to undergraduate housing
The Graduate Students Association criticized UCLA Housing’s decision to convert Weyburn Terrace into undergraduate housing, alleging a lack of input from graduate students.
UCLA Housing is converting Weyburn Terrace into undergraduate housing over the next three years, it announced in a Jan.
By Dylan Choppin
California
May 28, 2026 1:25 p.m.A look into the candidates running for California’s 36th congressional district
This post was updated May 31 at 8:33 p.m.
Democratic incumbent Ted Lieu and six challengers are running for California’s 36th congressional district, which encompasses UCLA and parts of West Los Angeles.
By Lilly Leonhardt
California
May 27, 2026 10:58 p.m.LA ballot measures could increase taxes on billionaires, hotels, sales
This post was updated May 31 at 8:36 p.m.
Four measures seeking to raise taxes will appear on Los Angeles’s June 2 ballot.
The measures, if passed, would subsidize LA County’s public health system amid federal funding cuts and fill in tax gaps for unlicensed cannabis businesses and online travel companies.
By Josephine Murphy and Gemma Gentin
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