Students will have a chance to learn how to use the professional networking site LinkedIn during a free workshop Wednesday hosted by the undergraduate student government’s General Representative 1 office. “Teach Me How to LinkedIn” will be run by Chris Vo, a fourth-year economics student and former LinkedIn intern, said Undergraduate Students Association Council General […]
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Inspired by grandfather, 13 cousins devote themselves to charity work
Sara Boodaie’s 13 grandchildren share more than a physical resemblance – they’re all UCLA students or alumni and each wants to give back to their community. “I like to think that it is in our genes to want to help people,” Boodaie said. The grandchildren’s altruism started with social action projects Sara Boodaie undertook with […]
USAC postpones vote on conflict of interest bylaw changes
The undergraduate student government postponed a vote Tuesday on proposed bylaw changes that would alter the language of the conflict of interest policy for student government officials. The changes would specify that conflicts of interest only come from an ongoing contractual or financial obligation, or a financial interest in a decision made as an elected […]
USAC recap – Dec. 2
The Undergraduate Students Association Council is the official student government representing the undergraduate student body at UCLA. Council meetings take place every week on Tuesdays at 7 p.m. in Kerckhoff 417 and are open to all students. Watch a live stream of the meeting on the USAC Live! YouTube channel. Agenda The council unanimously approved […]
Authors’ Series Lecture to focus on Black Panther memoir
A UCLA research and academic center will host a talk Tuesday about a book detailing the experiences of a member of the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense in Los Angeles during the 1970s. Anyone can attend the free event hosted by the Ralph J. Bunche Center for African American Studies on the book titled “Nine […]
Camp Kesem’s UCLA chapter holds social media campaign to fundraise
The UCLA chapter of Camp Kesem will hold a social media fundraising event Tuesday to support children whose parents are undergoing treatment for cancer or have overcome the disease.
Five UCLA researchers chosen as 2014 AAAS fellows
Five UCLA researchers were recently named fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the world’s largest scientific society. Current members of the association selected UCLA researchers Linda Gwen Baum, Ann M. Hirsch, Michael Stephen Levine, Pamela Munro and Dwight W. Read as new AAAS fellows last week. Fellows are selected based on […]