UCLA officials appointed a new dean for the UCLA School of Dentistry on Tuesday. Paul Krebsbach, professor of biomedical engineering at the University of Michigan, will succeed Dr. No-Hee Park, who has served since 1998, as the eighth dean of the dentistry school June 30. Krebsbach is the Roy H. Roberts Professor of Dentistry at […]
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Students approve all four referenda on USAC election ballot
Students voted to pass all four referenda on the undergraduate student government election ballot Friday. More than half of students who voted in the election supported The Green Initiative Fund referendum, the Social Justice Referendum of 2016, the #UCLAwellness Referendum and the Daily Bruin and Bruinwalk.com Referendum. The 2016 election had a voter turnout of […]
Student Food Co-Op to begin grocery service in Kerckhoff
Students will be able to pick up groceries from campus by December, after the undergraduate student government unanimously voted Tuesday to establish a student food co-op in Kerckhoff Hall. The Student Food Co-Op is a food security resource center that will host the UCLA Student Food Collective, a project that aims to provide students with […]
Q&A: White House cites public policy professor’s research on incarceration
In April, the White House cited professor Michael Stoll’s research on incarceration growth and reform in a report for President Barack Obama’s criminal justice reform project. Stoll, a professor of public policy, has also researched labor markets and poverty. His work includes findings on how employers react to hiring people with criminal records, and whether […]
Assembly bill aims to fund mental health at California colleges
Students are advocating for a bill that may establish a $40 million fund that could double mental health funding for California college campuses. Assembly Bill 2017, introduced by Assembly member Kevin McCarty in February, aims to establish a grant program that would improve access and increase funding for mental health services in California Community College, […]
UCLA students protest Bosnian restrictions on religious symbols
Students lined up near Ackerman Union on Tuesday afternoon with posters and the Bosnian flag in hand to protest the Bosnian government’s recent ban of the hijab and other religious symbols in legal institutions. Event organizers hosted the event to show solidarity with Muslim women, said Merima Tricic, an event organizer and fourth-year political science, […]
Student families safe following earthquake in Taiwan
The 6.4-magnitude earthquake that shook Tainan, Taiwan, last Saturday left many UCLA students worried about family members who live in the city. A 16-story residential building that collapsed during the earthquake left 59 people dead and 76 missing, according to the New York Times. About 330 people survived the collapse, but many are still trapped […]