The UCLA Black Law Students Association met with the law school dean Monday about possible ways to improve campus climate for students of color. Students in the association discussed a letter they drafted to Law School Dean Rachel Moran and a petition that they launched on Friday. The petition, which had almost 580 supporters as […]
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Casino Night on the Hill gets revamped
Students can engage in a night of gambling, live music and platters of food this weekend in a revamped version of the Hill’s annual Casino Night. The Covel Grand Horizon Ballroom in Covel Commons will house the annual Casino Night on Saturday at 8 p.m. The four-hour program includes gambling games such as blackjack, roulette […]
UCLA students petition for transfer representative on USAC
Transfer student advocates and a member of the undergraduate student government created a petition Thursday to push for the creation of a new council position to represent transfer students. If the petition gets 15 percent of the undergraduate student body’s signatures in coming weeks, undergraduate students will be able to vote to create the position […]
UCLA students protest to draw attention to Armenian Genocide
Their mouths covered with bands of bright orange tape, about 15 students stood in a straight line in front of Kerckhoff Hall on Thursday to protest and educate students about the Armenian Genocide.
UCLA Bicycle Academy’s proposal aims for better biking safety, access
The UCLA Bicycle Academy – a group of UCLA faculty and staff focused on promoting bicycling conditions – drafted a letter to Chancellor Gene Block this month in response to a perceived lack of bike safety in the area around the UCLA campus. The letter, which was submitted on Friday, currently has 68 signatories – […]
UCLA alum goes from programmer to law professor
Eugene Volokh was 10 years old when he completed the highest level of math at his high school and wanted to move on to linear algebra. At 12, he enrolled in UCLA as a full-time student and by the time he was 15 years old he had a degree. Volokh now teaches at the UCLA School […]
Professor explores public policy for digital age
Professor John Villasenor strives to answer the questions that have not been asked before. So instead of focusing on a narrow field, he explores new technology and the rapidly changing and associated policy questions that arise . As a professor of electrical engineering and public policy, Villasenor is driven to discover how the engineering technology […]