Associated Students UCLA is a multimillion-dollar organization that provides student services and activities that the university does not fund. It oversees the Undergraduate Students Association Council, Graduate Students Association, Communications Board, campus services and enterprises. Board of Directors meetings are monthly and open to the public. Executive reports Executive director Bob Williams said sales in […]
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UCLA appoints professor to head precision medicine efforts
UCLA appointed a psychiatry and neurology professor to serve as the new senior associate dean of the UCLA Health System and associate vice chancellor of precision medicine at the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine. Daniel Geschwind, a Gordon and Virginia MacDonald distinguished chair in human genetics, will assume his new roles on March 1. […]
ASUCLA to build new walls around Ackerman Union prayer space
Associated Students UCLA will build walls around the nondenominational prayer space in Ackerman Union. Construction began last week and is expected to cost ASUCLA between $5,000 and $15,000, said Roy Champawat, director of the student union. Champawat added renovations should conclude within the next few days, but could not confirm a date. In December, ASUCLA […]
Reflections on language exchange experience with Dashew Center
Editor’s note: This story is Part 3 of a series in which Bruin contributors Sydney Walls and Laurel Scott follow two students through the Dashew Center’s Language Exchange program. Click here to listen to Part 1 and Part 2. Bruin: Maurice Maurer, a first-year graduate student in physics, and Luis Quintero Rodriquez, a third-year chemical […]
Protesters demand UCLA agree to employ union members at Luskin Center
Workers and students protested Thursday against the UCLA Meyer and Renee Luskin Conference Center to demand a contract that would allow union employees to work at the new center. About 80 people participated in two protests organized by the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees 3299 union. The actions were held on the […]
Committee votes to dissolve investigation into GSA president’s actions
Editor’s note: The original version of this article contained numerous errors, which were brought to our attention by several Graduate Students Association officials as well as others. Here are the errors: The committee voted Monday, not Tuesday, to dissolve the investigation. The vote was 8-1, not 5-2. The resolution passed Feb. 10 did not call […]
BruinX seeks to improve UCLA experience, campus climate
Faculty members are collaborating with the vice chancellor of equity, diversity and inclusion to use social science research to improve student and faculty experiences on campus. BruinX, a group formed as part of the UCLA Office of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion, is composed of three staff members who specialize in different aspects of detecting bias, […]