The congressman representing UCLA and much of West Los Angeles held a town hall Thursday where he used satire, video clips and celebrities to keep the discussion light. About 400 people packed the Santa Monica High School theater and greeted Rep. Ted Lieu with a standing ovation. Lieu has garnered national attention in the months […]
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UCLA RAVE hosts Masha Gessen, discusses comparison of Trump, Putin
A Russian journalist spoke about her reporting on Russian President Vladimir Putin and how she thinks he is similar to the current U.S. president Wednesday night. Masha Gessen incorporated her analysis of Putin’s rise to power and compared it to President Donald Trump’s administration and governance style in an event hosted by UCLA Resistance Against […]
UCLA alumnus member of Pulitzer Prize-winning staff for journalism
Robert Salonga, a crime news reporter, compares himself to the Grim Reaper. “People literally will see me and get bummed out because I’m only around if something bad has happened,” he said. Salonga, a UCLA alumnus and reporter for The Mercury News, was part of the Pulitzer Prize-winning staff of the East Bay Times for […]
UCLA Early Care and Education names interim Krieger Center director
The director of a UCLA child care center was placed on an indefinite leave last week and replaced by an interim director. Moises Roman, who was the director of the Krieger Center in the UCLA Early Care and Education program, will be replaced by Sue Ballentine, announced Brad Erickson, the executive director of Campus Service […]
New lactation room on campus offers mothers more privacy
A newly renovated lactation room in the Student Activities Center held its grand reopening Friday afternoon as part of an effort to improve the climate for mothers on campus. The lactation room provides breastfeeding mothers a private, designated space on campus to breastfeed. About 23 people attended the opening, which was held by the UCLA […]
UCLA alumna recognized for supporting students with hearing loss
Twenty years ago, Michelle Christie nervously waited backstage as a group of deaf students performed a play she created for the first time. As she listened to the applause from the audience, Christie realized she could use theater as a form of speech therapy to help other deaf students. This was the start of No […]
Luskin Conference Center projected to lose $3.7M by end of first year
This post was updated on April 16 at 2:35 p.m. The Meyer and Renee Luskin Conference Center is projected to lose $3.7 million in its first year of operation. The center had about 44 percent of its space booked in the first half of its fiscal year, which ended in December, said Peter Angelis, assistant […]