Students can now use their own reusable bottles at takeout restaurants on the Hill. UCLA Dining Services launched a program this quarter encouraging students to use their own bottles instead of disposable cups. The initiative is part of the effort to reduce waste and meet UCLA’s sustainability goals, said Erin Fabris, sustainability manager for Housing […]
Category Archives: A Closer Look
Looking for a dinner buddy? Ask the professor next door.
Neil Garg eats breakfast with his students before teaching a Fiat Lux freshman seminar on the Hill as a way to engage with students outside of the classroom. Garg, an organic chemistry professor, lives on the Hill as a Faculty-in-Residence. The FIR program allows 20 professors to reside on the Hill with their families and […]
Gov. Brown vetoes bill imposing quotas for mental health staff at universities
Gov. Jerry Brown vetoed a bill Sept. 23 which would have mandated a minimum ratio of mental health counselors to students across all California state universities. Senate Bill 968 required California State University and California Community College and requested University of California campuses to hire at least one full-time mental health counselor per 1,500 students. […]
Hybrid course and ’10 Questions’ series offer interdisciplinary answers about space
Space can be interpreted as humbling in size, an immense entity or as an oppressive, limiting force, said UCLA professors in a new lecture series. Four UCLA professors, from disciplines ranging from nanoscience to architecture, attempted to answer the question, “What is Space?” Tuesday night at the first session of a new lecture series from […]
Panhellenic president disputes USAC sexual assault resolution
This post was updated October 4 at 11:20 a.m. The UCLA Panhellenic Association president voiced her disapproval of a recent student government resolution condemning sexual assault that occurs in the Greek community. She said she thinks the resolution added little value to campus discourse and unfairly targets only the fraternities on campus. Emily Lewis, the […]
USAC recap – Oct. 2
The Undergraduate Students Association Council is the official student government representing the undergraduate student body at UCLA. Council meetings take place every Tuesday at 7 p.m. in Kerckhoff 417 and are open to all students. Watch a livestream of the meetings on the USAC Live! YouTube channel, which can be accessed with a ucla.edu account. […]
UCLA Health reneges on announced $5,000 housing stipend to resident physicians
Medical residents at UCLA said they received only a fraction of a $5,000 housing stipend that the David Geffen School of Medicine promised them. The David Geffen School of Medicine sent an email to residents and fellows in February announcing its first housing stipend, which was supposed to be $5,000 after taxes. Program directors at […]