Hedrick Hall 5 South will now be the official Pilipino residential floor for UCLA. A group of students approached the Residential Life staff about creating the Pilipin@ Community because they wanted a community on the Hill that would represent their culture, said Lori Vogelgesang, director of academic programs at UCLA Residential Life. The Pilipino residential […]
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UCLA professor links humanities and environment through narratives
Ursula Heise brought home a Jardine’s parrot about 20 years ago when she passed by a pet shop. It was the first animal that attracted her attention, but not the last. She became inspired by how well the parrot understood and imitated people and joined bird-watching groups, a hobby that would later become a professional […]
De Neve Grab ‘N Go wraps up old menu to offer custom sandwiches
A new sandwich bar that allows students to custom-order sandwiches opened last Thursday in the De Neve Grab ‘N Go location. Similar to a Subway station, students visiting the sandwich bar tell the worker behind the counter what they would like on their sandwich, and generally leave the Grab ‘N Go location with their sandwich […]
Anderson event tackles economics of presidential candidates’ policies
Economists and public policy experts discussed how the presidential election and the economy affect each other at the UCLA Anderson School of Management on Wednesday. The UCLA Anderson Forecast, which is a study that predicts the economic growth of California and the United States a few times a year, held its September 2016 Economic Outlook […]
Graphic: Inaccurate ID renders transgender voters ineligible
Q&A: Professor talks income segregation in land use regulations
Associate professor Paavo Monkkonen and assistant professor Michael Lens, of the Urban Planning Department at the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs, spent the past few years investigating the relationship between land use regulations and segregation by income. Their findings, which emphasized that local land use regulations often exclude low-income families from wealthier neighborhoods, were […]
Student overcomes dark past, on track to successful graduation
Jackie Iovino had no family support, no money and battled heroin addiction for several years, not long ago. Her battle came to an end in 2014 when she became an anthropology student at UCLA. The roots of Iovino’s story, however, begin before she was homeless. “I’d gone to school in my late 20s (and) I […]