The Undergraduate Students Association Council is the official student government representing the undergraduate student body at UCLA. Council meetings take place every week on Tuesday at 7 p.m. Read more...
News, Student Government
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October 28, 3:44 pm
USAC recap – Oct. 27
News, Science & Health
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October 28, 1:16 am
UK artist uses photos as recovery, education on compulsive disorder
In Liz Atkin’s self-portrait, her black tears ran down her face and trailed onto her chest, transforming into scribbles that expressed her anxious feelings. The photograph, which is displayed in the David Geffen School of Medicine, is one in a series illustrating her experience with a compulsive skin picking disorder. Read more...
Photo: Liz Atkin, a visual artist from the U.K., came to the David Geffen School of Medicine to talk about her experiences with mental illness with medical students. (Owen Emerson/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Campus, News
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October 28, 1:16 am
Three-year degree pathways to combat looming tuition increase
The vice provost of undergraduate education formalized three-year plans for about 30 majors in an attempt to prompt students to graduate early, following a push from Gov. Read more...
Photo: Vice Provost Patricia Turner is working with Gov. Jerry Brown to create three-year schedules for the 15 most popular majors at UCLA, including chemical engineering and psychology, among others, by June 2017.
News, Science & Health
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October 28, 1:16 am
UCLA Grand Challenge aims to tackle depression on global scale
UCLA researchers launched a 35-year project Wednesday that aims to decrease the global economic and health impact of depression by 50 percent by 2050. The Depression Grand Challenge initiative will be the largest UCLA research initiative thus far, with an anticipated budget of $525 million for the first 10 years, according to the statement released. Read more...
News, Westwood
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October 28, 1:12 am
New Saturday shuttle offers transportation from Hill to Santa Monica
Students can take a free UCLA shuttle directly from the Hill to downtown Santa Monica on Saturdays. UCLA Housing and Hospitality Services officials launched a new pilot program that takes students from De Neve Plaza and Hedrick Hall to Santa Monica via BruinBus about every hour from 11 a.m. Read more...
Photo: UCLA Housing and Hospitality officials launched a new pilot program that takes students to Santa Monica via Bruin Bus about every hour on Saturday. (Daily Bruin file photo)
Campus, News
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October 28, 1:09 am
Study measures challenges for Asian, Pacific Islander students
A report released Tuesday by a nongovernmental organization presented data that detailed challenges faced by specific ethnicities within the Asian American and Pacific Islander student population in California. Read more...
Crime, News, Westwood
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October 27, 1:39 pm
LAPD visited UCLA student’s building hours before finding her body
Police launched an internal investigation after discovering officers had earlier visited the apartment building of the UCLA student found dead in her residence on Sept. 21. Read more...
Photo: Police responded to a call and visited Andrea DelVesco’s apartment building on Roebling Avenue before her body was found later that day. (Austin Yu/Daily Bruin senior staff)