The United States Olympic Committee selected Los Angeles to be its official bid city for the 2024 Summer Olympics Tuesday, after the city council unanimously voted to authorize the bid earlier that day. The event, if hosted in Los Angeles, would use four UCLA venues and several residence halls on the Hill. Olympic organizers are […]
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UCLA Health notifies patients of data breach after laptop theft
UCLA Health notified more than 1,200 patients Tuesday who may have had their medical information exposed after a faculty member’s laptop was stolen in early July. No Social Security numbers, credit card numbers or financial data were stored on the laptop, according to a statement from UCLA Health. Officials said in a statement there is […]
USAC recap – Aug. 31
The Undergraduate Students Association Council is the official student government representing the undergraduate student body at UCLA. Council meetings usually take place every Monday at 7 p.m. in Kerckhoff 417 during summer. Watch a live-stream of the meeting on Aug. 31 on the USAC Live! YouTube channel. Agenda items The council unanimously appointed Esmeralda Jesus […]
UCLA Housing recommends students buy renters insurance
UCLA Housing forwarded incoming Hill and university apartment residents’ contact information to an insurance company if students did not opt out through emailed surveys by Aug. 24. Housing representatives across the University of California system are urging all incoming university residents to purchase GradGuard renters insurance for the 2015-2016 school year to prevent personal liability, […]
USAC’s new portal to centralize student group funding applications
Student groups will be able fill out one form and apply to multiple funding sources sometime in the next school year when the undergraduate student government launches a centralized student group funding application. The website is expected to be running by the beginning of fall quarter and all student organizations registered with the office of […]
ASUCLA Board of Directors recap – Aug. 28
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. Executive and committee reports The association’s sales were strong for July and its 2014-2015 financial year results were stronger than […]
David Geffen School of Medicine appoints interim dean
The David Geffen School of Medicine announced Wednesday that it has named Dr. Kelsey Martin, the executive vice dean and associate vice chancellor, as the school’s new interim dean beginning Sept. 1. Martin joined the UCLA faculty in 1999 and is a professor in biological chemistry, psychiatry and biobehavioral science at the David Geffen School […]