This quarter, UCLA students can compare prices of textbooks sold by different vendors on an Associated Students UCLA-launched website extension. The extension, introduced as part of the ASUCLA textbook website, lists options for course materials available from different companies such as Amazon, AbeBooks and Barnes & Noble. Read more...
Photo: ASUCLA launched a website to compile vendors and offer cheaper textbooks to UCLA students. (Zoe Hessler/Daily Bruin)
The UCLA Employee and Labor Relations department will decide whether to recognize Teamsters Local 2010 as a union to represent its skilled trade workers Friday, bringing more than 600 currently unrepresented workers at UCLA a step closer to negotiating new contracts. Read more...
A little-known committee comprising 12 UCLA students and faculty members presents Chancellor Gene Block with recommendations on how to allocate about $2 million in student fees. Read more...
Students can now take both Spanish and Portuguese placement exams online, eliminating scheduling conflicts and allowing more students to attempt the exams. Juana Escobar, the undergraduate advisor for the Spanish and Portuguese department, said the department implemented the change because officials were concerned about meeting the high demand for the placements tests. Read more...
Associated Students UCLA will redesign a lounge in Ackerman Union this quarter to create a temporary nondenominational space where students and faculty can pray and meditate. Read more...
Photo: ASUCLA plans to reserve a temporary space in Ackerman Union for nondenominational prayer. (Efren Piñon/Daily Bruin)
As a first-year student, Jeffrey Wong often felt isolated by a lack of support available to him and other lesbian, gay, bisexual and trangender students in math and science fields. Read more...
Photo: The Lavender Health Alliance aims to give lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender students who are interested in science, technology, engineering and medical fields academic and social support. (Miriam Bribiesca/Daily Bruin senior staff)
The UCLA Sustainable LA Grand Challenge project released a report Wednesday detailing its research plan to make Los Angeles more environmentally sustainable by 2050. The five-year plan outlines goals such as powering Los Angeles County entirely with renewable energy, switching to locally-sourced water supplies and increasing native biodiversity and ecosystem health. Read more...
