Zehra Abbas spent her second year at UCLA hiding her belly after she found out she was pregnant. “I hid my pregnancy with jackets because I was under the impression that there was something wrong with me,” Abbas said. Abbas’ family worried she wouldn’t be able to manage motherhood and her education at the same […]
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UCLA ranked No. 10 global university, No. 2 U.S. public university
UCLA was ranked the 10th best university in the world and the second best American public university in a 2017 global university ranking Tuesday. The university dropped two ranks since last year’s U.S. News and World Report global rankings. The report ranked four of UCLA’s departments in the top 10 globally, including the psychiatry and […]
UCLA Asian American Studies Center appoints new interim director
The UCLA Asian American Studies Center hired a new interim director Monday. Marjorie Kagawa-Singer began her role as interim director immediately and will serve until June 30, 2017. The AASC is searching for someone to fill the position permanently. Kagawa-Singer worked from 1990 to 2015 at UCLA as a researcher and professor, teaching Asian-American, Native […]
Flexitarian dietary, food waste panel kicks off HCI’s Food Week
If food waste were a country, it would be the third largest in the world behind China and the United States in terms of greenhouse gas emissions, a health sciences professor told students at a panel Monday. Dana Hunnes, adjunct assistant professor and senior dietician at the UCLA Ronald Reagan Medical Center, discussed the benefits […]
Photo: Indian Student Union hosts annual Navratri Raas-Garba event
UCLA students performed a cultural dance at the annual Navratri Raas-Garba event Sunday. The Indian Student Union at UCLA hosted the event from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Ackerman Grand Ballroom. Raas and Garba are Indian folk dances performed during the nine-day Hindu festival, Navratri. Raas is danced in pairs, while holding sticks […]
Parents experience college life in UCLA during Bruin Family Weekend
Rolando Morales smiled at his daughter and observed the grandeur of Kerckhoff patio and Moore Hall. Morales wanted to attend UCLA after high school, but did not have the resources, he said. He was proud when his daughter got accepted into UCLA. Morales attended Bruin Family Weekend to visit his daughter, Gabrielle Morales, a first-year […]
UCLA law lecturer remembered for bringing warmth, empathy to campus
Students remember Skye Donald as a lecturer who introduced them to the legal world with joy and empathy, even as she was battling cancer. “We’re going to miss that can-do energy and positive appreciation of life,” said Eileen Scallen, Donald’s supervisor and associate dean for curriculum and academic affairs at UCLA School of Law. Donald, a […]