Students have until Friday to review and provide feedback on recommendations for UCLA policies for the next century. UCLA launched a website last month containing the 2018 Strategic Plan, which outlines the university’s plans to address campus issues. Students and other members of the UCLA community can view the plan’s goals and leave anonymous comments […]
Category Archives: A Closer Look
New Public Service and Civic Engagement floor fosters community
Alex Adame found a second home at UCLA through a new living-learning community on the Hill. Adame, a first-year political science student and resident at the new Public Service and Civic Engagement floor at Rieber Hall, said he connects with others on his floor because of their shared interests. “I can’t imagine living anywhere else,” […]
UCLA student leaders mobilize, advocate for new American DREAM
UCLA student leaders are advocating for a federal bill to provide permanent protections for undocumented individuals brought to the United States as children. President Donald Trump announced in September the end of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, which was enacted by former President Barack Obama in 2012. The program has helped thousands of […]
New UCLA-exclusive dating website brings Bruins closer together
This post was updated on Jan. 15 at 6:30 p.m. Students looking for a significant other on campus have a new website to help them find one. BruinMeet, which launched in November, helps UCLA students set up in-person meetings with other Bruins. The program, which currently has about 400 total users, matches individuals and sets them […]
Title IX coordinator works to clear misconceptions, be more accessible
UCLA’s new Title IX coordinator has been working to clear up misconceptions about the Title IX Office since his appointment in September. Mohammed Cato, who previously served as the deputy Title IX coordinator at Western Washington University in Bellingham, Washington, began his term as Title IX coordinator at UCLA on Sept. 25. Since assuming the […]
UCLA Lab School parents dissatisfied with administration’s actions
Some parents of students at the UCLA Lab School said they are frustrated over the UCLA administration’s decision to put the school’s principal on indefinite leave without prior notice. The UCLA Lab School, operated by the UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information Studies, enrolls students pre-K through sixth grade. GSEIS Dean Marcelo Suárez-Orozco told […]
UCLA alumna dies, remembered for her love of UCLA and passion for teaching
Friends remember Brittany Oliva for her selfless attitude and desire to become a math teacher. Oliva, who graduated from UCLA in 2015, died Dec. 11 in a motorcycle accident in Anaheim. She was 26 years old. Matt Panopio, a friend of Oliva who graduated in 2014, said Oliva was inspired by her high school calculus […]