The UCLA Department of Economics finalized the disestablishment of its computing specialization program on Wednesday. Department faculty voted to stop accepting students to the specialization during spring quarter last year, said Ichiro Obara, undergraduate vice chair of the economics department. Obara said faculty members decided to close the specialization because they thought the content taught […]
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First candidate for diversity vice chancellor position visits campus
The first candidate to visit UCLA for a new diversity vice chancellor position said at a forum Thursday that he would aim to involve the entire campus in his work and to lead a collective effort to promote an inclusive environment. The candidate, Franklin Tuitt, said he thinks the position is symbolic in nature and […]
Bengali Students Association gives place to discuss culture, history
Nijum Pratik and her family came to the U.S. from Bangladesh in 2010, but she struggled to find a place at UCLA to discuss the war and regional conflict that had impacted her homeland. She and her friends said they thought many of the existing Asian cultural clubs were too broad and did not focus […]
UCLA opts out of participation in sexual assault climate survey
UCLA and other University of California members of the Association of American Universities will not take part in the association’s sexual assault climate survey in April. UCLA Chancellor Gene Block said in a December email to AAU’s president that the UC chancellors of AAU member universities thought the survey would duplicate existing findings about sexual […]
Chicken pox case encourages preventative measures on the Hill
UCLA health officials found that a student who lives in Sproul Hall had signs and symptoms consistent with the chicken pox last week. All Sproul Hall residents received an email about the symptoms last week after the student visited the Arthur Ashe Student Health and Wellness Center, said Sam Elias, Ashe Center assistant medical director. […]
UCLA ranked No. 16 in donations for 2014
UCLA raised more money than all but 15 colleges in the United States in 2014, according to a survey by the Council for Aid to Education released on Wednesday. UCLA received $430.28 million in donations last year – an amount ranked 16th in the nation and second among University of California campuses. There are two […]
UCLA to host Campus Climate Legislative Day
The undergraduate student government External Vice President’s office is holding the first-ever UCLA Campus Climate Legislative Day next month to give students an opportunity to talk about campus climate issues with local legislators. Conrad Contreras, Undergraduate Students Association Council external vice president, said the goal of the event is to bring legislators to campus so […]