Before Joan Hanawi left Ecuador for California, her host sister said she thought Hanawi would soon forget her time in Ecuador. But her host family realized her genuine intention to help the people in Tena, Ecuador, after she returned last summer for the third time. Hanawi, a third-year international development studies and geography/environmental studies student, […]
Author Archives: Andrea Henthorn
Lecturer to share personal experience with addiction at TEDxUCLA event
Fifteen years ago, Adi Jaffe woke up handcuffed to a hospital bed after being caught in possession of half a pound of cocaine following a motorcycle accident. As an undergraduate student at UCLA, Jaffe made his living and his reputation by using and selling drugs. Now a psychology lecturer at UCLA, he plans to discuss […]
Email links UCLA researcher to $4.7B energy station settlement
A UCLA researcher collaborated with the former California Public Utilities Commission president to craft a settlement for the closure of a San Diego energy station so that the UCLA campus would especially benefit, according to an email that was publicly released this week. In an email sent to former commission president Michael Peevey on Oct. […]
State board approves regulations requiring reduction in water use
California cities will be mandated to cut their water usage by an average of 25 percent, following a decision Tuesday that UCLA officials are carefully monitoring. Los Angeles already has initiatives to cut water usage, said Nurit Katz, executive officer for UCLA Facilities Management. With the mandate, however, Katz said she thinks there will be […]
Powell celebrates opening of sustainability book collection
A new student-initiated book collection on the topic of sustainability opened this week in Powell Library. The collection is part of the Community Collections in Powell, a group of collections jointly built between students and faculty that aim to reflect topics students are interested in, said Sharon Farb, associate university librarian for collection management and […]
Iranian human rights activist works to benefit Westwood
Every time he sees the Pacific Ocean, Roozbeh Farahanipour said he misses the Persian Gulf and Iran. He hasn’t lived in Iran since 2000, when he fled from the Islamic regime to the United States. Though he said the state he came from no longer welcomes him, he is now focusing his energy on benefiting […]
Hedrick Summit residents displaced by water damage from flood
Residents of Hedrick Summit were evacuated to Hedrick Hall for about three and a half hours starting at about 10:30 p.m. Wednesday because of a flood from a fire sprinkler. Thirteen rooms on the seventh floor received severe water damage, and residents affected by water damage have been relocated into temporary rooms until it is […]