The Undergraduate Students Association Council is the official student government of UCLA's undergraduate students. Council meetings are Tuesdays at 7 p.m. in Kerckhoff 417 and are open to all students. Read more...
Campus, News, Student Government
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July 18, 12:33 am
USAC Recap – July 17
News
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July 17, 5:43 pm
UC Board of Regents approve funding for proposed Luskin Conference and Guest Center
The UC Board of Regents voted unanimously to fund a proposed conference center on the UCLA campus during their bimonthly board meeting today.
The $152 million Meyer and Renee Luskin Conference and Guest Center will house 25,000 square feet of meeting space, 250 guest rooms and a new parking garage on Westwood Plaza and Strathmore Drive, replacing Parking Structure 6. Read more...
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Chancellor Gene Block answers follow-up questions about the newly approved Meyer and Renee Luskin Conference and Guest Center.
Campus, News
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July 15, 11:53 pm
UCLA revises flier policy provision after complaint cites violation of free speech
The UCLA Center for Student Programming revised its student group flier policy last month after receiving a letter from a conservative Christian organization stating that the policy violated the First Amendment's protection of free speech. Read more...
Campus, News
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July 15, 11:47 pm
UCLA participates in U.S. Ignite program to develop, study faster Internet system
If UCLA researchers wanted to move three terabytes of data "“ equivalent to about a billion typewritten pages "“ to a lab across campus, they would transfer a small portion of that information onto a USB and physically walk the drive over. Read more...
Campus, News
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July 15, 11:36 pm
Courtside check in: Residential plaza dorms are transformed into hotel rooms for summer visitors
Weeks after the school year has ended, Bruin Walk still teems with life and the residence halls are filled with people from around the world and the sounds of the new residents sleeping, studying and living. Read more...
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During the academic year, Courtside Residential Plaza is home to traditional dorm rooms that house about 570 residents. (Credit: Housing and Hospitality Services)
Campus, News, Science & Health
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July 15, 11:18 pm
UCLA researchers receive grant to study effects of copper surfaces in hospitals
Parts of the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center's intensive care units will soon gleam with a gold shine as plastic keyboards and bed rails are stripped from exam rooms and replaced with copper substitutes for a new medical study. Read more...
News, Westwood
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July 15, 11:11 pm
High-speed rail line to link Los Angeles, Bay Area
The possibility of being able to travel from UCLA up to the Bay Area by train in a little less than three hours is speeding toward California. Read more...