A themed floor for first-generation college students will open in Hedrick Hall in fall 2017. First to Go, a Living Learning Community, will give students who are the first in their families to attend college an environment where they can learn from one another, according to UCLA Residential Life. Living Learning Communities are themed floors […]
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Cal-designed emergency alert app Wildfire spreads to UCLA
UCLA students can now download an emergency alert application created by University of California, Berkeley, alumni. Wildfire, an application created by UC Berkeley alumni Hriday Kemburu, Tim Hyon, Jay Patel and Vinay Ramesh, delivers real-time safety alerts about dangerous situations, such as a mugging or a shooting, through emails and phone notifications. Wildfire posts emergency […]
Conservative students face discrimination, marginalization at UCLA
Haley Nieves was putting up posters for a Bruin Republicans event last spring when two female students confronted her, tearing down the posters and shouting in her face. Shaken, she waited until they left to start putting the posters up again. “Then one of the same students approached me once more and pinned me against […]
UCLA student turns to activism in the face of Trump presidency
Jaya Loharuka stood in front of hundreds of protesters at the “Love Trumps Hate” rally in November and encouraged members of the crowd to stand in solidarity with each other. “I want to be taken seriously and treated respectfully as a woman of color, not judged by my attractiveness or emotions,” Loharuka said to the […]
Elementary school students lead march for equality at UCLA
This post was updated on Jan. 19 at 1:15 p.m. Hundreds of elementary school students and their parents from Los Angeles County took time off school Wednesday afternoon to march for equality. Holding up signs that read “Kids for Peace,” “Immigrants Welcome” and “Break the Wall,” the children marched around the UCLA campus, sang songs and […]
UCLA receives $2.2M to fund innovation, entrepreneurship
The state of California allocated $2.2 million to fund innovation and entrepreneurship at UCLA. The funding came from a $22 million state investment in the University of California under Assembly Bill 2664, the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Expansion. Funding from the bill was divided equally among the 10 UC campuses. The funding is meant to help […]
Students in Piterberg’s class say protests interfering with education
Some UCLA students said they think repeated protests against a professor accused of sexual assault are negatively impacting their education. History professor Gabriel Piterberg’s class was dismissed about halfway through lecture Wednesday morning when protesters refused to leave the classroom, said UCLA spokesperson Tod Tamberg. The university settled a sexual assault lawsuit brought by two […]