Students can attend a community service fair on the Hill Saturday evening intended to introduce them to different ways they can get involved in volunteerism at UCLA. ServeFest, an event hosted by the UCLA Volunteer Center, the Community SerEvice Commission and Residential Life, will take place from 6:30 to 9 p.m. in Sunset Village, following […]
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Changes in retirement plan under state, UC budget garner criticism
The budget deal signed between University of California President Janet Napolitano and Gov. Jerry Brown in May signifies a change in the retirement plan offered to new employees that faculty members and experts believe will affect the future of the UC system. Earlier this year, Napolitano appointed a systemwide task force of UC faculty, staff […]
Covel Commons dining hall offers kosher and halal options
UCLA now offers kosher and halal options in Covel Commons dining hall to supplement traditional meal plans, after a three-year development in response to demands by Muslim and Jewish students. Kosher food adheres to Jewish guidelines that determine what types of meat are used and how the food is prepared. Halal meals follow Islamic codes […]
UCLA scientists determine method to find 3-D positions of atoms
Atoms pictured in textbooks depict estimations of their average position in materials, but are not entirely accurate. UCLA scientists discovered a way to precisely determine their location in materials and accurately depict them in 3-D models that shows gaps in groups of atoms. In a study published on Monday in Nature Materials, researchers used a […]
UCLA student and faculty members push for better employee conditions
UCLA faculty and students marched and rallied at Bruin Plaza Tuesday for increased job stability, more access to welfare benefits and a greater say in campus government for lecturers and librarians. About 30 people associated with the University of California branch of the American Federation of Teachers, also known as UC-AFT Local 1990, picketed for […]
UCLA professor emeritus Dr. Edward Ornitz dies
After a long battle with cancer, Dr. Edward M. Ornitz, professor emeritus of psychiatry and biobehavioral sciences at the UCLA Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, died Sept. 14. He was 86. Ornitz’s autism research countered well-accepted studies that concluded bad parenting caused the disorder. In the 1960s, Ornitz began publishing research that showed […]
Graphic: How do Bruins start their own student organizations?
Take a look at this graphic describing the steps to create a student organization.