This post was updated on Jan. 23 at 3:29 p.m. UCLA Academic Senate members will vote on the diversity requirement after dozens of professors petitioned to broaden the vote to include faculty of all the colleges in the university. A group of 59 professors and administrators are calling for an all-faculty vote to challenge the […]
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Armenian Pre-Law Student Association aims to help members connect
Vartan Gezukarayan, a co-founder of the Armenian Pre-Law Student Association and a third-year philosophy student, said the organization is meant to help students learn about the law school admissions process by organizing events and connecting with lawyers and law students. Though the club started as a platform to provide help to Armenian pre-law students, the […]
Students hold town hall to address police brutality, draft demands
More than 100 individuals at a student-led town hall Thursday drafted a list of demands calling for the Los Angeles Police Department to patrol all communities in equal numbers and for university police to not carry any weapons. Students drafted several demands for LAPD, including that the agency say how it funds weapons and for […]
New Amazon Lockers provide students package delivery alternative
UCLA Housing and Amazon.com officials installed yellow and blue Amazon Lockers on the Hill last week, offering students a new way to pick up packages from the e-commerce site. The electronic self-service lockers are available on the first floors of Hedrick Hall, Rieber Hall and Covel Commons, near the front desk of De Neve Commons […]
Fluffy Friends for Finals
In a room filled with cuddly pals with wagging tails, students attended UCLA Residential Life’s Fluffy Friends For Finals to de-stress and relax before finals week. Watch this video to see the calm before the storm as students happily socialize with man’s best friend.
Law school exam question on Ferguson shooting draws criticism
Some students at the UCLA School of Law have expressed concerns after a professor asked an exam question this week relating to the fatal police shooting of Michael Brown, an unarmed black teenager, in Ferguson, Mo. The exam, given by Professor Robert Goldstein in Constitutional Law II, asked students to write a memo related to […]
UCLA research project selected for Research Catalyst Award
Four UCLA-related research projects were named Wednesday as recipients of the President’s Research Catalysts Awards, a $10 million initiative by University of California President Janet Napolitano to promote research projects across UC campuses. The award recipients include UCLA assistant professor Sean Young, whose research project on using data in social media to answer questions of […]