Friday, July 24

2017 Graduate Students Association platforms

This year’s Graduate Students Association elections will have four uncontested candidates running with the Moving Forward slate. Elections will take place from April 11-18. Graduate students can vote on MyUCLA, and results will be announced at the April 19 GSA forum meeting. Read more...

Photo: (Jintak Han/Assistant Photo editor)


NASA leader visits UCLA to share findings of Kepler mission

The UCLA community learned about the possibility of life among 100 billion planets from a NASA mission leader Wednesday evening. William Borucki, the principal investigator of NASA’s Kepler mission, spoke to about 300 people in an event hosted by the earth, planetary and space sciences department. Read more...

Photo: William Borucki, the principal investigator of NASA’s Kepler Mission, spoke about the mission’s findings and significance Wednesday evening. (Daniel Leibowitz/Daily Bruin)


Photo: T-shirt displays recognize, feature sexual violence survivor stories

Bruin Consent Coalition recognized Sexual Assault Awareness Month this week by displaying T-shirts in Dickson Courts North and South from April 4-6. The T-shirts are decorated with the stories of sexual and gender-based violence survivors and have been gathered over the past 21 years. Read more...

Photo: Bruin Consent Coalition recognized Sexual Assault Awareness Month this week by displaying T-shirts decorated with the stories of sexual and gender-based violence survivors in Dickson Courts North and South. (Jintak Han/Assistant Photo editor)


Contract with union results in wage increase for skilled trades workers

UCLA and the union for campus skilled trades workers ratified a new five-year contract, university officials announced Thursday afternoon. The 600 skilled trades workers will receive a 12.5-percent wage increase and 3-percent annual increases starting July 1. Read more...

Photo: Teamsters Local 2010, which represents UCLA skilled trades workers, had organized protests and strikes this past year calling for higher wages. UCLA and Teamsters agreed on a contract, which workers ratified on Monday. (Laura Uzes/Daily Bruin)


USAC Election Board outlines campaign guidelines for spring election

Student leaders discussed spending limits and social media regulations for spring undergraduate student government elections at a candidate orientation Wednesday night. The election board chair and directors spoke to this year’s Undergraduate Students Association Council election candidates about upcoming events, rules and due dates. Read more...

Photo: Election board chair Danielle Fitzgerald spoke to all the candidates running for this year’s undergraduate student government elections at an orientation event Wednesday. (Axel Lopez/Daily Bruin)


Three undergraduates to speak at TEDxUCLA in May

Three UCLA undergraduate students will speak about dance, air pollution and waste disposal among a lineup of professionals and experts at the sixth annual TEDxUCLA event in Royce Hall in May. Read more...

Photo: Angela Chung, a fourth-year business economics student, developed a tile that collects pollution particles as part of a winning entry to the UCLA FuturizeX competition. (Hannah Burnett/Daily Bruin)