This post was updated April 14 at 3:29 p.m. More than 100 firefighters fought down a blaze in the UCLA School of Dentistry early Tuesday morning that damaged half a floor in the school, although there were no injuries. All classes at the dentistry school were cancelled Tuesday. Classes will start again as early as […]
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USAC to vote on resolution calling for transfer resource center
The undergraduate student government will vote Tuesday on a resolution that calls for the creation of a UCLA transfer resource center to provide more resources for transfer students and offer a space for them to connect. The idea of a center with transfer student-specific resources has been in the works at UCLA for several years, […]
UCLA delays housing offers because of problems with application system
UCLA Housing delayed next year’s housing offers to thousands of students early last week to fix several problems with its online application system. The problems stemmed from UCLA Housing’s transition to a new software for its room assignment process, said Sarah Quinn, director of UCLA Housing. The new software, made by StarRez, did not display […]
Union members demand meeting with Block on health center funding
About 30 UCLA student health center doctors and other union members marched to the office of Chancellor Gene Block on Monday to demand a meeting regarding student health center funding. The Union of American Physicians and Dentists, which has been negotiating its first labor contract with the University of California for more than a year, […]
Bruin Day allows prospective freshmen to explore cultural interests
During her junior-year AP U.S. History class, Heather Thompson discovered a passion for equality through studying marginalized groups, which led her to explore UCLA clubs promoting social activism at Bruin Day. “I want to promote racial equality,” said Thompson, a senior at the Impact Academy of Arts and Technology in Hayward. “I like it here […]
Chinese-American Students and Scholars Seminar holds inaugural event
A new seminar series at UCLA aims to spark discussions among Chinese students and connect them to academic and career advice from researchers. The program, UCLA Chinese-American Students and Scholars Seminar, originated from the Chinese Biomedical Peer Seminar, a program founded in 2011 and aimed to promote scientific collaboration among Chinese graduate students. The inaugural […]
UCLA faculty approves diversity requirement
This post was updated on April 12 at 7:54 p.m. UCLA faculty and students are working to organize diversity-related course curricula before fall quarter after universitywide faculty voted 916-487 to pass a diversity course requirement proposal last week. The requirement calls for students in the College of Letters and Science to take a course about […]