Legal experts and academics engaged in open dialogue about freedom of speech on campus at an event Wednesday. UCLA Office of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion held a panel called “CrossCheck Live: Campus Speech” at Pauley Pavilion, which was part of “Free Speech 101: UCLA’s Week on Freedom of Speech,” hosted by the EDI office to […]
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Researchers publish paper about smaller temperature-reducing device
This post was updated Oct. 4 at 6:50 p.m. A team of UCLA engineers hope their miniature cooling device can eventually prevent heated disputes over the thermostat. Engineers in the department of materials science and engineering developed a cooling device using a material like plastic that changes temperature in an electric field. The device, which […]
Waterline break causes flooding on Westwood Boulevard
Los Angeles Department of Water and Power workers closed a portion of Westwood Boulevard on Tuesday morning after a water break flooded the area. LADWP received a notification about flooding in Westwood Village at 7:44 a.m. Tuesday morning, said an LADWP spokesperson. Water flooded Westwood Boulevard from Kinross Avenue to Lindbrook Drive. An LADWP spokesperson […]
UCLA students watch eclipse with telescopes, glasses at event
A long line of people spiraled around the Court of Sciences to view the solar eclipse through telescopes last Monday. More than a thousand students and community members came to campus to watch the partial solar eclipse at “The Great UCLA Eclipse” event hosted by the Earth, Planetary and Space Sciences department. Many waited in line […]
UCLA to offer new undergrad degree in computer engineering in the fall
The UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science has built a new undergraduate degree out of electrical engineering and computer science. The electrical engineering and computer science departments will together oversee a new degree called computer engineering beginning in the fall. First- and second-year students in the two departments and undeclared engineering students […]
7-Eleven opens new location in Westwood, caters to UCLA community
Westwood Village’s latest store is serving up Slurpees and hot dogs. 7-Eleven opened a new store on Westwood Boulevard and Weyburn Avenue on Thursday. The orange, green and red stripes of the convenience store now wrap the previously unoccupied clock tower building in the Village. Shehbaz Mattu, the franchisee of the new store and whose […]
First set of students complete food studies program
Five graduate students became the first group to complete the UCLA food studies graduate certificate program last week. The food studies program, which the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs launched last fall, educates graduate students about food security. Students in the program can take courses on food production, urban planning, maternal and child nutrition, […]