The effects of last year’s change to UCLA’s leave of absence and in absentia policies are evident, as considerably fewer graduate students took time off from school this past year, according to a recent UCLA Graduate Division report. Some graduate students have voiced disapproval of the policy changes all year, but UCLA administrators have refused […]
Category Archives: Campus
California budget increases UC funding
Gov. Jerry Brown signed California’s multi-billion dollar budget Thursday, which includes increased funding for the University of California and a new statewide scholarship program for middle-class students. The $96.3 billion budget allocates $2.67 billion to the UC, a 5 percent increase from last year. For the second year in a row, the UC has seen […]
UCLA Anderson’s proposal for self-supporting MBA program approved by UC president
University of California President Mark Yudof recently approved a UCLA Anderson School of Management proposal that will make its full-time MBA program financially self-supporting, officials announced today. The decision marks a significant milestone in the graduate school’s three-year-long battle to get the proposal approved and become more independent from state funding. Once the proposal is […]
USAC Recap – June 24
The Undergraduate Students Association Council is the official student government of UCLA’s undergraduate students. Council meetings are Tuesdays at 7 p.m. in Kerckhoff 417 and are open to all students. Agenda The council unanimously approved USAC’s 2013-2014 budget. The council unanimously voted to extend Cynthia Jasso’s term as finance committee chair until July 15. Officer […]
Bruins teach children about healthy living in Venice
The red dye trickled slowly through the cotton-filled test tube like blood traveling through clogged arteries. Joseph Esdin remembered comparing the sluggishly moving dye to its quickly advancing analogue in an empty test tube during the early days of a community service club he founded as a UCLA undergraduate student. He wanted the children he […]
UCLA student group Simul8 develops apps for UCLA Library
Between the lines upon lines of code recent computer science graduate Christina Fries writes, she sees her own creativity. Each complete segment is an expression of her knowledge and artistry, a sentiment she discovered in part through her work with Simul8, a student group employed by the UCLA Library to develop Web and mobile apps. […]
Day of action seeks to educate about student loan interest rates
After UCLA’s commencement ceremony on Friday, about 150 people at UCLA signed a petition in support of a congressional bill that would lower student interest rates.