Students can now ask departments and counselors a wide variety of questions, from finding out which classes are needed to graduate to payment inquiries, in a new feature on MyUCLA. The feature, which launched last week, was created so students could communicate more efficiently with administrators, said Arun Pasricha, director of Student Affairs Information Technology, […]
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Current campus water conservation projects
UCLA has implemented a variety of ongoing water conservation projects on campus as part of the Water Resources Group and Grand Challenges. These are a few strategies to improve sustainability and reduce water consumption on campus.
Chancellor Gene Block discusses intolerant speech, freshman admission
Chancellor Gene Block meets with members of the Daily Bruin Editorial Board every quarter to discuss issues affecting campus and explain administrative policies and decisions. At the meeting Monday, Block, who was joined by Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs Janina Montero, Dean of Students Maria Blandizzi and Associate Vice Chancellor of University Communications and Marketing […]
Towel service to fold at Wooden Center in fall 2016
The Wooden Center will stop providing towels to gym patrons in the fall to reduce water consumption on campus. Rich Mylin, director of recreation sports venues and event operations, said students, faculty and staff will have to bring their own towels, but the Wooden Center will also provide towels for purchase. According to a Graduate […]
Professor named interim vice chancellor of Academic Personnel Office
UCLA officials appointed a professor as interim vice chancellor for the UCLA Academic Personnel Office last week. Michael Levine, a professor of psychiatry and biobehavioral sciences at the David Geffen School of Medicine, will replace Carole Goldberg on July 1. Levine was a special assistant to the vice chancellor and gave Goldberg advice about faculty […]
Judicial board retroactively rejects petition for USAC revote
The undergraduate student government judicial board retroactively rejected a petition Monday afternoon that called for a disqualification of the Social Justice Referendum and a revote for contested positions in this year’s Undergraduate Students Association Council election. The petition, submitted by former MakeUCLAGreatAgain candidate Shubham Goel, claimed the USAC Election Board did not adequately sanction the […]
Police find no threat in suspicious package outside school of medicine
Police determined the suspicious package reported at the David Geffen School of Medicine on Monday afternoon was not a threat. UCPD Lieutenant Richard Davis said someone reported a grocery bag outside the Jules Stein Eye Institute on campus about 4 p.m. Monday. The Los Angeles Police Department investigated the package and determined at 6:30 p.m. […]