Category Archives: Campus

UCLA graduate student incorporates dance background into activism

She stood in front of the downtown Los Angeles police station for hours, repeating movements and instructions before a small group while music blared from a speaker. Shamell Bell was teaching street dancing to protesters and passersby as part of an 18-day protest following the release of Ezell Ford’s autopsy report on Dec. 29. “We […]

Faculty, alumni recount fight for passage of diversity requirement

After College of Letters and Science faculty voted down a diversity requirement proposal in 2004, the question for some was, “What do we do now?” Raymond Knapp, a musicology professor who had chaired the Academic Senate Undergraduate Council around that time, said he remembers having a hard conversation with former Undergraduate Students Association Council Academic […]

Alumni prove career potential of humanities education

People always asked Linta Kunnathuparambil what she was going to do with her degree once she graduated. If her family wasn’t asking, friends or other adults who were simply looking out for her asked. They didn’t know what she could do with a bachelor’s degree in Ancient Near Eastern Civilizations. She didn’t know either, until […]

Alumna combines market research expertise with media, entertainment business

Growing up playing various musical instruments and participating in musical bands, Kerry Edelstein developed an empathy for artists. The market research guru and UCLA Anderson School of Management alumna said she wanted to work in the media and entertainment businesses, but she wasn’t going to make it as a professional performer. Still, she needed an […]

Evolution of dining halls better suits student needs

Luis Martinez has seen old dining locations modernized and new ones built since he started working for dining services in 1986 as a first-year student. “I don’t feel like I graduated since I’ve been coming here for the last 27 years,” he said. Martinez began working at one of the dining halls as a student […]

Donation to School of Law establishes challenge to fund scholarships

A group of anonymous donors recently contributed $1 million to the UCLA School of Law to fund a new scholarship program, according to a law school statement released Thursday. The gift established the Million Dollar Student Scholarship and Financial Aid Fund Challenge. As part of the challenge, the law school pledges to match scholarship donations […]