Sproul Hall will have a new, centralized laundry room after construction finishes in June. The laundry room will open in fall quarter and operate 24 hours a day. Students will be able to pay with their BruinCards instead of coins, said UCLA spokesperson Rebecca Kendall. Kendall added that the new facility, which will have 19 […]
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Dance Marathon speakers to discuss experiences with, research for AIDS
The first speaker at this year’s Dance Marathon was infected with HIV at birth and adopted as an infant, even though she wasn’t expected to live for more than a few months. Ashley Rose Murphy, an ambassador for the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation, shared her story of growing up with HIV with the crowd. […]
Bruins build zero-emission, self-sustainable home for Solar Decathlon
A UCLA club is working to build a 975-square-foot home that will supply its own food, water and energy. The UCLA Solar Decathlon team is building the home for the 2019 Solar Decathlon competition, which is hosted every two years by the U.S. Department of Energy. This is UCLA’s first time competing among 19 other […]
UCLA Extension to open new location in San Fernando Valley area
UCLA Extension students will soon be able to enroll in spring classes at a new location in Woodland Hills. The Woodland Hills building will have 12 classrooms at the Warner Center on Oxnard Street, said Wayne Smutz, dean of continuing education and UCLA Extension. Woodland Hills is the second location outside of Westwood that UCLA […]
Pourdavoud Center for ancient Iranian studies to launch spring quarter
UCLA established a new interdisciplinary center focused on the study of ancient Iran and its influences on contemporary Iran. The Pourdavoud Center for the Study of the Iranian World is the first center in the Western Hemisphere focused on ancient Iranian languages, history and religions, according to a UCLA press release published Tuesday. The center […]
Councilmember Koretz working to prevent senior evictions in Westwood
This post was updated Feb. 9 at 2:20 p.m. Los Angeles City Councilmember Paul Koretz introduced a motion Tuesday to prevent more than 100 senior residents from being evicted at the Vintage Westwood Horizons retirement community. Koretz’s motion calls on the city’s Housing and Community Investment Department to determine whether the building should be designated […]
Students affected by Trump’s immigration ban share concerns for future
About 150 UCLA students have been directly affected by President Donald Trump’s travel ban on citizens and refugees from seven Muslim-majority countries. A federal judge from Washington ordered a temporary restraining order on the ban Friday, but it is unclear whether the ban will be enforced. Students from Iran and Sudan spoke to the Daily […]