A UCLA law professor received an award from the Middle East Studies Association for her advocacy work earlier this month. Asli Bâli received the 2017 Middle East Studies Association Presidential Award for her work challenging President Donald Trump’s travel ban earlier this year on individuals from several Muslim-majority countries. Bâli currently serves as the director […]
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Alumnus launches social media app to help coordinate in-person plans
A UCLA alumnus created a social media app to help people efficiently make social plans with friends. Arya Ghavami, who graduated from UCLA in 2010, created FOCUS, an iOS app set to launch in early December. The app allows users to see their friends’ current activities and plans for the near future. Users can post their […]
New UCLA center aims to better local school systems through research
A center that will provide research-based support to improve school systems in Los Angeles and across the country launched at UCLA last week. The UCLA Center for the Transformation of Schools hosted a community forum on public education for local high schoolers Nov. 8. Faculty in the center, which is under the Graduate School of […]
Video: New makerspace opens outside Rieber Hall
On Oct. 31, a new makerspace opened outside Rieber Hall. The space will provide students with the opportunity to build, craft and customize creations with state-of-the-art machinery.
Alumnus memorializes UCLA alumni who died in action during WWII
A UCLA alumnus’ research is bringing attention to the hundreds of UCLA alumni and previous students who died fighting in World War II. Bill Beigel, a World War II historian and UCLA alumnus, shared his ongoing research of UCLA veterans killed in action during World War II at the James West Alumni Center on Thursday. […]
New organization aims to create community for vegan students
When Joyce Shang decided to become a vegan, she was surprised to learn that her greatest challenge was not finding food to eat, but rather people to eat with. “The hardest part was mostly going out to eat and going to friends’ houses,” she said. Shang, a third-year business economics student, created Veg Bruins in […]
UCLA engineering school opens resource center for transfer students
The UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Sciences opened a new resource center for its transfer students Friday. The Engineering Transfer Center, located in Boelter Hall 6288, held a grand opening for students to see the new space and meet the center’s staff. The center will provide transfer students with a study space […]