New water-bottle refilling stations will pop up around campus next quarter, as the undergraduate student government recently received funds to pay for the project. Read more...
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February 14, 12:59 am
Bruin volunteers share Valentine’s Day spirit with senior citizens
Pink and white balloons and ribbons hung from the ceiling of a conference room at Vintage Westwood Horizons on Saturday morning, as rock ‘n’ roll music started to play. Read more...
Photo: First-year business economics student Christopher Tang dances with a resident at Vintage Westwood Horizons for a Valentine’s Day-themed event organized by the UCLA Volunteer Center on Saturday.
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February 14, 12:52 am
GSA resolution asks administrators to reverse changes to leave of absence policy
The graduate student body government approved a resolution on Wednesday, calling on university administrators to reverse changes to the recently revised leave of absence policy for graduate students. Read more...
Photo: Graduate Student Association President David Zeke and Vice President of Internal Affairs Vanessa Thulsiraj discuss items at the GSA meeting.
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February 13, 12:43 am
Bruin alum Michael Talei runs for Beverly Hills City Council
As a student at UCLA nearly 10 years ago, Michael Talei was on a path to becoming a doctor. Read more...
Photo: Michael Talei, a UCLA alumnus who graduated in 2005, is running for Beverly Hills City Council. The city council election is on March 5.
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February 12, 1:22 am
Students, professor react to Pope Benedict’s plans to step down
The original headline accompanying this article was unclear and has been changed. See the bottom of the article for additional information. Breaking from about 600 years of tradition, the leader of the Catholic Church Pope Benedict XVI announced on Monday that he will step down from his position at the end of the month, a move that surprised much of the world – including students and faculty at UCLA. Read more...
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February 12, 1:15 am
Technology-related events to open new learning lab
About 20 faculty members clustered around lit-up monitors in Rolfe 2118 on Monday as several instructors presented about different technologies designed to improve education. Read more...
Photo: Guzden Varinlioglu (left), a visiting scholar from Turkey, and Los Angeles resident Steve Lee (right) participated in Monday’s CDH event.
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February 12, 1:04 am
Commission’s report on increasing student retention rates raises questions
A national commission on higher education last week issued recommendations for universities across the country to improve their individual student success rate, recommendations that parallel changes at the University of California in recent years. Read more...