The UCLA Employee and Labor Relations department will decide whether to recognize Teamsters Local 2010 as a union to represent its skilled trade workers Friday, bringing more than 600 currently unrepresented workers at UCLA a step closer to negotiating new contracts. Two unions have been fighting to represent the service engineer sector since its previous […]
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SFAC advises chancellor on fee allocation, focuses on mental health
A little-known committee comprising 12 UCLA students and faculty members presents Chancellor Gene Block with recommendations on how to allocate about $2 million in student fees. What is SFAC? The Student Fee Advisory Committee, also known as SFAC, is a student majority committee that recommends how some funds from the Student Services Fee should be […]
Department offers Spanish, Portuguese placement exam online
Students can now take both Spanish and Portuguese placement exams online, eliminating scheduling conflicts and allowing more students to attempt the exams. Juana Escobar, the undergraduate advisor for the Spanish and Portuguese department, said the department implemented the change because officials were concerned about meeting the high demand for the placements tests. The exemption exam […]
ASUCLA to create temporary prayer, meditation space in Ackerman Union
Associated Students UCLA will redesign a lounge in Ackerman Union this quarter to create a temporary nondenominational space where students and faculty can pray and meditate. The ASUCLA board of directors voted Dec. 4 to create the space, after members of the undergraduate student government gave presentations about the need for such a space on […]
Lavender Health Alliance aims to promote LGBT-sensitive health care
As a first-year student, Jeffrey Wong often felt isolated by a lack of support available to him and other lesbian, gay, bisexual and trangender students in math and science fields. He said he felt he couldn’t be his full self in a world where it’s uncommon to be an LGBT individual with prehealth aspirations. “Identity […]
UCLA Grand Challenge reveals plan for environmental sustainability
The UCLA Sustainable LA Grand Challenge project released a report Wednesday detailing its research plan to make Los Angeles more environmentally sustainable by 2050. The five-year plan outlines goals such as powering Los Angeles County entirely with renewable energy, switching to locally-sourced water supplies and increasing native biodiversity and ecosystem health. One objective aims to […]
UCLA professor Patrick Harran loses nomination as AAAS fellow
The American Association for the Advancement of Science, or AAAS, voted Tuesday to rescind UCLA professor Patrick Harran’s nomination to be a fellow. The association rescinded his nomination after learning the Los Angeles District Attorney filed felony charges in 2011 against Harran, a chemistry and biochemistry professor, for labor code violations that led to the […]