Chloe Vaught and her mother Sylvie Vaught screamed and jumped around the house when they learned they would be attending UCLA at the same time. When Sylvie Vaught finished her undergraduate degree in 2016, her daughter, Chloe Vaught, was admitted to UCLA. Now a graduate student in cinema and media studies, Sylvie Vaught will graduate […]
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UCLA leadership reflects on safety measures two years after shooting
Justin Gelzhiser stood by the door of a lecture hall with a box cutter and fire extinguisher for several hours, preparing to defend his class from an active shooter. Gelzhiser, a Ph.D. candidate in the UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information Studies, was on his way to proctor an undergraduate final exam when his […]
UCLA Life Sciences forms new committee to help students navigate core classes
A new committee will gather student feedback to improve the curriculum for core life science classes. Navi Sidhu, an undergraduate representative for Associated Students UCLA, said he created the Life Science Core Student Advisory and Communication Committee on May 29, with the approval of Dean of UCLA Life Sciences Victoria Sork, to increase collaboration between […]
New e-forum to facilitate spread of social science research within LA community
UCLA faculty can showcase their research and connect it to current events on a new online forum that aims to spread awareness about social science research. Darnell Hunt, a sociology and African American studies professor and dean of social sciences, said he started the LA Social Science e-Forum to make social science research more accessible […]
Majority of incoming USAC leaders certified, sworn in despite revote
This post was updated June 6 at 5:19 p.m. The undergraduate student government voted to certify the spring election results and swore in several of next year’s council members Tuesday. The Undergraduates Students Association Council first voted to not certify the election results by a vote of 3-4, with three abstentions. The council then took […]
Graduate student organization provides meals at Skid Row, encourages advocacy
For many homeless individuals in Los Angeles, food provided by the Grads Give Back initiative and its partners may be their only hot meal of the day. Grads Give Back, an initiative of the Graduate Student Association internal vice president’s office that launched in April, partnered with Monday Night Mission and the Greater West Hollywood […]
UCLA faculty, donors honor retired professor for notable research, leadership
Brian Copenhaver helped organize the first Fiat Lux courses to help students cope with the terrorist attacks of 9/11. Copenhaver, a distinguished professor of philosophy and history who retired in fall 2017, initiated the Fiat Lux Freshman Seminar Program in the two weeks between 9/11 and the beginning of the fall quarter in 2001. The […]