Students can choose from two new undergraduate degree programs starting this fall. UCLA’s two newest majors are Nordic studies and Asian languages and linguistics. The Scandinavian section and the department of Asian languages and cultures created the new majors to broaden their respective departments’ curricula and attract more students to the departments. Timothy Tangherlini, a […]
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UC employees, students protest in support of contracted valet workers
This post was updated July 31 at 9:08 p.m. About 500 University of California workers and students protested the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center’s treatment of contracted valet service workers outside the medical center Friday. Valet service workers, who help park visitor and guest vehicles at the medical center, are contracted through ABM, a facility […]
Anderson School of Management students develop networking app
Andrew Bremner didn’t think networking was important for career progression until he witnessed it firsthand at UCLA. That’s why Bremner and Brandon Kessler, graduate students in the UCLA Anderson School of Management, founded Out of Office, a mobile platform that connects professionals through intimately sized networking events and activities. The app is scheduled to be […]
UC settles class action lawsuit with payments, vouchers
The University of California announced a settlement to a class action lawsuit Monday that would provide payments and vouchers to certain customers who purchased items from UCLA on-campus stores and medical center cafeterias. A lawsuit filed in March alleged that customers who bought products at Associated Students UCLA stores or cafeterias in Ronald Reagan UCLA […]
Law students gain firsthand experience through UCLA legal clinics
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 […]
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 […]
Incident involving indecent exposure in Ackerman Union reported
University police are searching for a man who inappropriately exposed himself to a man in Ackerman Union. The suspect allegedly exposed himself to a man at 11:20 a.m. on July 11 when he was using the third-floor restroom of Ackerman Union, according to a UCPD alert. The indecent exposure lasted 10 seconds, after which the […]