One month ago, Ariel Pezner spent nine hours straight aboard a research vessel in the Santa Monica Bay, circulating the waves above an underwater kelp forest. Pezner, a fourth-year environmental science student, is part of a six-person student team studying ocean acidification in a rehabilitated forest of kelp off the coast of Palos Verdes, California. […]
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Former chief economic adviser Jason Furman gives lecture at UCLA
This article was updated April 28 at 9:57 a.m. The former chief economic adviser for President Barack Obama juggled apples to close a lecture at UCLA on Thursday. Jason Furman, chairman of Obama’s Council of Economic Advisers from 2013 to 2017, said the apples reminded him of his time in the Obama administration because the […]
New tax verification options make FAFSA process easier for applicants
People applying for financial aid at colleges and universities will have new options to verify their tax information, the U.S. Department of Education announced Monday. In March, the Internal Revenue Service suspended its Data Retrieval Tool because of security and identity theft concerns. The tool automatically transferred a family’s tax return information into the Free […]
Students from foreign countries reflect on ROTC experiences
This post was updated on April 27 at 4:45 p.m. When he first came to the United States, Ethan Liu dreaded grocery shopping because he did not know the names of produce he was buying and would hold up the line behind him. Liu, a fourth-year psychobiology student, said his family was initially hesitant about […]
ROTC cadets talk time commitment, handling finances
This post was updated on April 27 at 4:40 p.m. Katherine Knobloch wakes up every morning before dawn to train for combat before walking to her military science class at 8 a.m. By the time many students wake up in the morning, she has usually already been working for four hours, but has yet to […]
International students concerned about Trump’s review of H-1B visa
International UCLA students are worried they may not be able to find jobs in the U.S. when they graduate, after President Donald Trump announced a review of the H-1B visa program last week. Trump signed an executive order on April 18 which directed federal agencies to review employment immigration laws, including the H-1B visa program. […]
USAC presidential candidate Arielle Yael Mokhtarzadeh talks platforms
This year’s undergraduate student government presidential candidate, who is running unopposed, said she has a vision to empower and unify the student body. Arielle Yael Mokhtarzadeh, a third-year communication studies student, double minoring in public affairs and Israel studies, said she aims to use her leadership experience to better serve students. She added she thinks […]