Justin Gelzhiser stood by the door of a lecture hall with a box cutter and fire extinguisher for several hours, preparing to defend his class from an active shooter. Gelzhiser, a Ph.D. candidate in the UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information Studies, was on his way to proctor an undergraduate final exam when his […]
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UCLA Life Sciences forms new committee to help students navigate core classes
A new committee will gather student feedback to improve the curriculum for core life science classes. Navi Sidhu, an undergraduate representative for Associated Students UCLA, said he created the Life Science Core Student Advisory and Communication Committee on May 29, with the approval of Dean of UCLA Life Sciences Victoria Sork, to increase collaboration between […]
Majority of incoming USAC leaders certified, sworn in despite revote
This post was updated June 6 at 5:19 p.m. The undergraduate student government voted to certify the spring election results and swore in several of next year’s council members Tuesday. The Undergraduates Students Association Council first voted to not certify the election results by a vote of 3-4, with three abstentions. The council then took […]
Graduate student organization provides meals at Skid Row, encourages advocacy
For many homeless individuals in Los Angeles, food provided by the Grads Give Back initiative and its partners may be their only hot meal of the day. Grads Give Back, an initiative of the Graduate Student Association internal vice president’s office that launched in April, partnered with Monday Night Mission and the Greater West Hollywood […]
UCLA faculty, donors honor retired professor for notable research, leadership
Brian Copenhaver helped organize the first Fiat Lux courses to help students cope with the terrorist attacks of 9/11. Copenhaver, a distinguished professor of philosophy and history who retired in fall 2017, initiated the Fiat Lux Freshman Seminar Program in the two weeks between 9/11 and the beginning of the fall quarter in 2001. The […]
GSA recap – May 30
The Graduate Student 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. Special Presentations/Announcements Student Affairs Information and Research Office researcher Esthela Chavez reviewed […]
Graduate student to release book sharing experiences of life as a foster child
Christian Green was born in the San Bernardino City Jail. He lived with his grandmother until she passed away when he was 15 years old, and moved into a foster home afterward. Green, a graduate student in the department of African American Studies, is sharing his experiences of living in the foster care system in […]