A Bolivian student at UCLA said entrepreneurship in Bolivia is more difficult than in the U.S. where he has now co-founded a successful portable phone charger company. Alejandro Rioja, a fourth-year computer science student, is the co-founder and CEO of Flux Chargers, a phone charging startup that now sells chargers in more than 80 countries. […]
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Project Concern International holds fast to raise awareness for global hunger
A group of students fasted in solidarity with hungry peoples around the world at an event on the Hill on Sunday. The event “Go Hungry for the Hungry” was co-sponsored by the UCLA branch of Project Concern International and UCLA Residential Life. About 40 people attended the eight-hour event in Rieber Hall’s Fireside Lounge. The […]
UCLA Extension to open new location in San Fernando Valley area
UCLA Extension students will soon be able to enroll in spring classes at a new location in Woodland Hills. The Woodland Hills building will have 12 classrooms at the Warner Center on Oxnard Street, said Wayne Smutz, dean of continuing education and UCLA Extension. Woodland Hills is the second location outside of Westwood that UCLA […]
Q&A: Alum’s new app encourages users to read across political spectrum
UCLA School of Law alumnus Nick Lum said that in the aftermath of the 2016 presidential election, he noticed the existence of information-sharing bubbles around certain groups of people, like around universities or middle America. Lum developed Read Across the Aisle, a new mobile app that encourages users to read news from both sides of […]
TA shortage requires graduate students to teach outside departments
Some graduate students teach undergraduate courses outside of their departments because of a shortage in teaching assistants. There has been a teaching assistant shortage in divisions like life sciences and physical sciences because the undergraduate student population has increased faster than the graduate student population over the past few years, said Victoria Sork, dean of […]
UCLA community voices concern over Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos
Some UCLA students and faculty said they are concerned about the new Secretary of Education’s past policy positions. The U.S. Senate narrowly confirmed Betsy DeVos, a businesswoman and charter school advocate, Feb. 7. Some educators and public school students questioned DeVos’ qualifications and whether she could work to improve all forms of education given her […]
Returning UCLA student remembered for passion for social activism
Constance Cheeks was one of the first black students to attend an all-white Virginia high school in 1968. Her school experience motivated her to continue her activism at UCLA, more than 40 years later. Cheeks, who returned last year to pursue a degree in African American studies and continue her activism, died on Jan. 28 […]