The morning after Wednesday’s campus shooting, UCLA alumnus Justin Renge drove to campus with a bag of 50 envelopes. Each envelop contained anonymous notes and money, which he distributed to random locations across the campus. Renge, who graduated from UCLA in spring 2015, said he was off campus at a local gym when he saw […]
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Professor William Klug remembered for service to students, innovative work
William “Bill” Klug introduced himself in the first lecture of his programming class with a family photo of himself, his wife and two young children. Klug wanted students to understand what he was like both in and out of work, said Amirhossein Kaboodrangidaem, a graduate student in bioengineering and Klug’s former student. Klug, who was […]
Volunteers travel to Mexico to establish long-term ties with residents
Students with tired faces piled into a large, white van at 4:30 a.m. Some students held jackets and others clutched onto pillows — but all were distinguishable by their bright blue shirts decorated with a clown fish logo. Every other Saturday throughout the academic year, the students make a three-hour trip from Los Angeles to […]
UCLA club brings health clinics to Asian-American communities
Two weekends ago, a client walked into a health clinic for a basic health screening. Hours later, he was rushed to the hospital for abnormally high blood pressure. Ross Mudgway, president of Asian Pacific Americans Health Collaboration, Access, Resource and Education, or APA Health CARE, works with other club members to host several clinics like […]
UCLA released animal treatment records in settlement for 2013 lawsuit
UCLA agreed to release animal treatment records in response to a lawsuit an animal welfare organization filed in 2013 that alleged UCLA withheld public documents. The Animal Legal Defense Fund represented Stop Animal Exploitation Now an animal welfare organization, in the lawsuit. ALDF alleged UCLA withheld documents and violated the California Public Records Act, and […]
UCLA students to have monthlong winter break
UCLA students will have a monthlong winter break during the 2016-2017 school year to accommodate university holidays. Winter break for UCLA students will last for four weeks, from Dec. 9 to Jan. 9. UC San Diego will begin break Dec. 10 and UC Santa Cruz will begin Dec. 8. All UC quarter-system universities will begin […]
UCLA program works to control stray cat population
A black cat has stalked the grounds of Powell Library since last summer but continues to ignore the UCLA cat management program’s tuna bait. The program, established in 1989 to control the feral cat population on campus, has since reduced the stray cat population on campus from 350 cats in the 1980s to about 10 […]