The undergraduate student government will vote Tuesday whether to indefinitely extend a per-quarter $4 student fee that funds environmental sustainability projects. In 2008, the student body voted to institute the fee. It has since financed numerous student-led projects, such as the $176,000 installation of solar panels on the roof of Ackerman Union in 2010 and […]
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Rendezvous opens for weekends on Hill in place of Feast
Students can now feast at Rendezvous on weekends, but can no longer rendezvous at Feast. UCLA residential restaurant Rendezvous, which offers to-go Mexican and Asian entrees, is now open Saturdays and Sundays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. UCLA Dining Services officials said Feast dining hall will now […]
FuturizeX challenge finalists develop solutions to global problems
Six undergraduate students were selected Thursday as finalists in a campuswide challenge that encourages students to develop solutions to global problems. UCLA and XPRIZE, a nonprofit organization that facilitates competitions, launched the FuturizeX Student Challenge, which is open to undergraduate students. More than 250 applicants participated in the contest and submitted proposals that aim to […]
Language learners exchange more than just conversation
Editor’s note: This is part one of a three part series in which Bruin contributors Sydney Walls and Laurel Scott follow two international students through the Dashew Center’s quarter-long Language Exchange Program. TRANSCRIPT: Bruin: Any first impressions so far? Maurer: It’s good. Quintero: Well I spoke to him in Spanish and he went like, “Oh”. […]
Management school to launch accelerator program to foster entrepreneurialism
The UCLA Anderson School of Management will launch a year-round startup program Monday that aims to help student and faculty entrepreneurs launch startups and bring new products to commercial markets. The Anderson Venture Accelerator program will aim to provide students and faculty with resources to make their entrepreneurial ideas commercially viable in an expedited process, […]
UC Board of Regents adds nonvoting student adviser position
SAN FRANCISCO — The University of California regents voted on Thursday to add a new student adviser to their board, pushing through a resolution proposed by Student Regent Avi Oved last year. The Committee on Governance unanimously approved the new position at the January regents meeting in San Francisco. Oved spearheaded the effort to add […]
Suyama Project gives voice to Japanese American experiences
The Suyama Project, a UCLA Asian American Studies Center endowed research project was started in 2014 to give a voice to Japanese Americans’ experiences during World War II. The project is named after Eji Suyama, a Japanese American combat veteran who became a doctor after the war. [gmedia id=35] TRANSCRIPT: LIN: It’s been 70 […]