When Elizabeth Arias delivered an oral argument before the nation’s largest federal appeals court in June, she remembered spending countless hours practicing and preparing for the case. “I was really nervous,” Arias said. “It’s a big deal so I wanted to do well to represent my professor and the school.” Arias, who graduated from the […]
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Student creates guidebooks exploring colleges from inside perspective
Aaron Yih was relaxing in the Franklin D. Murphy Sculpture Garden when a campus tour passing by gave him the idea for a new business. Yih, a rising fourth-year Design | Media Arts student, launched College Visit Co. this month, which sells e-book college visit guides written with current students’ perspectives and opinions to help […]
Students protest arrests at Merced City Council meeting
MERCED — UCLA and UC Merced students and city residents protested the arrests of several students – including one from UC Merced – at a city council meeting Monday night. During Merced City Council’s public comment session, students gave personal anecdotes of their encounters with police and suggested ways the city could improve its police […]
Donation to UCLA botanical garden increases access with new pavilion
When Morton La Kretz was gathering swampy water at the UCLA Mildred E. Mathias Botanical Garden about 50 years ago for a biology class experiment, he never thought he would end up sponsoring renovations at the garden. La Kretz, a UCLA alumnus who is now a philanthropist and real estate developer, gave a $5 million […]
Alumna works to dispel stigma against social workers by becoming one
In the low-income and predominantly Hispanic community of Maywood, California, where Fatima Perez comes from, many view social workers as people who pluck children from their families, she said. Perez hopes to change this negative perception by becoming a social worker herself. Perez, who graduated this year with a bachelor’s degree in sociology and Chicana/o […]
Researchers create report with suggestions for LA River revitalization
People can kayak and fish until Labor Day in the Los Angeles River – an area that was deemed too polluted for public use almost a century ago. The Los Angeles River opened in May to the public for its fifth year of recreational activities thanks to the ongoing efforts of urban planning experts, including […]
7-Eleven opens new location in Westwood, caters to UCLA community
Westwood Village’s latest store is serving up Slurpees and hot dogs. 7-Eleven opened a new store on Westwood Boulevard and Weyburn Avenue on Thursday. The orange, green and red stripes of the convenience store now wrap the previously unoccupied clock tower building in the Village. Shehbaz Mattu, the franchisee of the new store and whose […]