GSA recap – April 19

The Graduate Students Association is the voice of graduate students on campus. The association meets for forum every three weeks and takes positions on current issues affecting graduate students. Forum meetings are at 5:30 p.m. in the Global Viewpoint Lounge in Ackerman Union. Agenda David DiTullio, a graduate student representative from the Student Health Advisory […]

GSA President Michael Skiles to continue plans after running unopposed

The graduate student government president will run again, unopposed, in the upcoming student elections to finish the work that he started this past year, he said. In the past year, Graduate Students Association President Michael Skiles has increased GSA’s effort to connect with students, though some students remain unengaged in graduate student politics. Skiles also […]

International grad students fear political climate will hamper job outlook

Some international graduate students at UCLA are concerned the current political climate may negatively affect their career prospects. Ioan Istrate, the Graduate Students Association vice president of internal affairs, said he thinks there is a higher standard for international students when getting jobs, but the difficulty has intensified in the months following President Donald Trump’s […]

UC SHIP board looking to add surgery options for transgender students

University of California representatives are working to include certain transgender surgeries in student health insurance coverage. Attendees at the UC Student Health Insurance Plan meeting Tuesday discussed voting to add breast augmentation surgery for male-to-female transgender students to the UC SHIP plan, said David DiTullio, an Executive Oversight Board graduate representative for the Student Health […]

Alumnus Meyer Luskin donates $5M to fund center for history, policy

UCLA received a $5 million donation Wednesday to establish a center to apply historical research to modern-day problems. Alumnus Meyer Luskin, one of the namesakes of the Luskin School of Public Affairs, stipulated his gift would fund the Luskin Center for History and Policy, which will have the mission of furthering the study of historical […]

USAC recap – Jan. 31

The Undergraduate Students Association Council is the official student government representing the undergraduate student body at UCLA. Council meetings usually take place every week on Tuesdays at 7 p.m. in Kerckhoff 417 and are open to all students. Watch a livestream of the meeting on the USAC Live! YouTube channel. Special presentations Members from Bruins […]

USAC expands efforts to provide free feminine hygiene products

Students will soon have increased access to free menstrual products in the Arthur Ashe Student Health and Wellness Center. The Undergraduate Students Association Council and the Ashe Center provided 1,000 free pads and tampons to students at the center in November. The products have since been depleted and in response to the program’s success, organizers […]