Nick Desai graduated from UCLA with a master’s degree in electrical engineering in 1992. But instead of becoming an engineer, he used his science education to enter the business world. Desai spoke to a crowd of more than 200 engineering students about his experiences on Monday and encouraged them to lose the fear of hearing […]
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CAPS to welcome student input for improvement with advisory board
Students will soon be able to advise Counseling and Psychological Services on how to improve its resources. CAPS will assemble its first student advisory board winter quarter. The board will meet with Executive Director Nicole Green once or twice a month to give input on budgeting or anything they believe needs improvement. Ria Jain, a […]
Little Bruin Wishes fundraiser brings gifts to student parents, families
UCLA students’ children will receive the gift-wrapped presents they wish for this holiday season. The children will receive the gifts from Little Bruin Wishes, a gift drive hosted by the Bruin Resource Center’s Students with Dependents Program. The drive aims to fundraise for holiday presents for student parents and their families. Anyone can give monetary […]
Lecturer shares experience as civil rights activist with students
Paul Von Blum remembers watching news coverage of Rosa Parks refusing to give her bus seat to a white Southerner. He said watching the heroic acts of Parks, Martin Luther King Jr. and the Montgomery bus boycotters as a San Diego teenager motivated him to travel to the South and fight for civil rights. Von […]
B-Fit: A year in review
It seems like ages ago when students wishing to get a quick workout took the dreaded hike to the John Wooden Center, the only gym on campus for undergraduates at the time. Now with the opening of the Bruin Fitness Center, students who live on the hill or even in the apartments have more options. […]
USAC recap – Nov. 22
The Undergraduate Students Association Council is the official student government representing the undergraduate student body at UCLA. Council meetings take place every week on Tuesdays at 7 p.m. in Kerckhoff 417 and are open to all students. Watch a livestream of the meeting on the USAC Live! YouTube channel. Agenda The council approved the Office […]
UCLA groups host immigration law panel for undocumented students
Immigration attorneys and legal experts advised undocumented students about permanent residency options and how to interact with immigration officials Monday night. About 100 students, faculty, alumni and community members attended the “Know Your Rights in Immingration Law” event at the UCLA School of Law. Several organizations, including the Undocumented Student Program, the University of California Undocumented […]