UCLA administrators implemented changes to the hiring process in hopes of fostering greater diversity within the faculty. All prospective UCLA faculty were required to complete Equity, Diversity and Inclusion statements beginning the 2018-2019 academic year. An EDI Statement is a statement in which a candidate describes their past, present and future contributions to equity, diversity […]
Category Archives: A Closer Look
Blockchain at UCLA provides information to students, leads to course on topic
A student group at UCLA helped create a new engineering course which will focus on a cryptocurrency technology called Blockchain. The new course in the department of engineering was designed by Blockchain at UCLA, a student organization founded last year that offers events and discussions for students to explore blockchain technology. Blockchain is an encrypted […]
Administrators discuss student advocacy for state funding at budget town hall
UCLA administrators strategized how students should respond to continual decreases in state funding as enrollment increases. Jeff Roth, associate vice chancellor of Academic Planning and Budget, said at a town hall Wednesday that general core funds per student, which is a combination of tuition fees and state support, has decreased over 30 percent since 2000. […]
USAC recap – fall 2018
Claire Fieldman, president: Platforms: Fieldman promised to reform sexual violence prevention training for incoming, new and returning students. She promised to increase transparency of the administration’s emergency decision-making and enhance emergency preparedness trainings. She also promised to build a women’s leadership network of students, faculty and alumni. Quarter recap: Fieldman’s office will submit its proposal […]
Academics grapple with defining the concept of university as ’10 Questions’ concludes
The “10 Questions” lecture series, which will address a different question each week, doubles as a course for students and a panel open to the public. The series explores open-ended questions such as “What is beauty?”, “What is failure?” and “What is knowledge?” Each week’s panel features two faculty members from the School of the […]
Students learn to cultivate community through cooperative housing
When Scott Mulligan and two other UCLA students moved into their room, they noticed the room’s window was surprisingly dirty. “When we got to our room, the window was super dirty, and then (Andrew), Jared and I just cleaned … and then it was super clean by the end of it,” said Mulligan, a fourth-year […]
Gene Block, vice chancellors discuss event security, Title IX and emergencies
Chancellor Gene Block meets with the Daily Bruin Editorial Board every quarter to discuss issues affecting campus and explain administrative policies. At the meeting Tuesday, Block, Administrative Vice Chancellor Michael Beck, Vice Chancellor for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Jerry Kang and Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Monroe Gorden Jr. spoke about the administration’s response to […]