The ASUCLA Board of Directors announced during its 10th meeting of the 2024-2025 academic year that CalFresh recipients can use their benefits at ASUCLA stores. The board, composed of a student majority, has financial oversight over ASUCLA entities, including the Undergraduate Students Association Council, the Graduate Student Association and the ASUCLA Communications Board – which oversees UCLA Student Media. Read more...
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June 2, 10:21 pm
UCLA Epicenter provides students with innovative industry experience
Raffi Simonian wanted to give students experience in solving real-world business and technology problems. That’s why he decided to lead the UCLA Epicenter, which partners with companies to create quarterly Innovation Challenges – hands-on projects where student teams try to solve real world issues in fields like data science, marketing, e-commerce and sales – said Simonian, the program’s director. Read more...
Photo: Simonian presenting the format of the 2023 Fall Innovation Challenge to students interested in participating. Simonian leads the UCLA Epicenter, which partners with companies to create quarterly Innovation Challenges. (Courtesy of UCLA Epicenter)
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June 1, 11:54 pm
Maya Abdallah went on 9 day hunger strike to encourage UCLA to divest, disclose
Maya Abdallah stopped eating May 9 in support of Palestine. Eight days later, she left campus in an ambulance after losing consciousness from hunger. Abdallah, a third-year film and television student, went on a hunger strike to demand that the university divest from companies associated with the Israeli military and disclose its financial investments. Read more...
Photo: Maya Abdallah, a third-year film and television student, wears a shirt marking the seventh day of her hunger strike. Abdallah went on a nine-day hunger strike to demand that the university divest from companies associated with the Israeli military and disclose its investments. (Courtesy of Maya Abdallah)
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May 30, 8:33 pm
NWWNC Q&A: Student member Arjun Pathiyal discusses important issues, goals for Westwood
This post was updated June 2 at 12:03 a.m. Arjun Pathiyal won a position on the North Westwood Neighborhood Council as an undergraduate student board member in April. Read more...
Photo: Arjun Pathiyal is pictured. The second-year political science student became an undergraduate student board member on the North Westwood Neighborhood Council in April. (Courtesy of Arjun Pathiyal)
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May 28, 3:00 pm
USAC recap – May 20
The Undergraduate Students Association Council allocated over $200,000 in funding – including to Samahang Pilipino student organizations – during its meeting May 20. USAC is the official student government representing the undergraduate student body at UCLA. Read more...
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May 26, 7:30 pm
Communication professor Tim Groeling elected as 2026-2027 Academic Senate chair
This post was updated May 27 at 12:56 a.m. Tim Groeling, a professor of communication, will be the 2026-2027 chair of the UCLA Academic Senate. Senate Elections Commissioner Joseph Watson certified Groeling’s election, according to a May 21 announcement from Senate Secretary Linda Sarna. Read more...
Photo: Tim Groeling, a professor of communication, stands in front of rows of tape recordings in the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs. Groeling was elected the 2026-2027 chair of the UCLA Academic Senate. (Daily Bruin file photo)
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May 25, 9:42 pm
Botanical garden Clarkia Flower Festival sows stories of history, Indigenous roots
This post was updated May 27 at 12:59 a.m. The Mildred E. Mathias Botanical Garden bloomed with history at the Clarkia Flower Festival on May 17. Read more...
Photo: Chief Anthony Redblood Morales of the San Gabriel Band of Mission Indians (second from left) stands with others at the opening ceremony of the Clarkia Flower Festival. The event celebrated the Clarkia genus of flowers, which have traditionally been used as a food source by some California tribes. (Max Zhang/Daily Bruin)