A professor in health policy and management will serve as the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health’s Center for Health Policy Research’s next director. Ninez Ponce will begin her position on July 1, according to an email statement from the Fielding School. Ponce previously served as associate center director for CHPR, and is also director […]
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IT Services staff member remembered for kindness, dedication, leadership
UCLA staff members remember Ricardo Garcia for being a caring leader who was a mentor to his colleagues. Garcia, a staff member in UCLA Information Technology Services who worked on campus for almost 20 years, died in February. The university is holding a memorial Thursday in Pauley Pavilion and flying the campus flag half-mast to honor Garcia’s […]
UCLA to reduce College Academic Mentor employee benefits
Graduate students who provide academic counseling to undergraduates say a university-mandated reduction in their job benefits will impact the quality of their services. College Academic Counseling told graduate students who work as College Academic Mentors on March 16 that starting next year, they will no longer be eligible for the fee remission and healthcare benefits […]
California Supreme Court rules alumna can sue UCLA for 2009 stabbing
The California Supreme Court ruled Thursday in favor of letting a UCLA alumna who was stabbed by a fellow student in 2009 move forward with a lawsuit against the university. The court unanimously agreed to overturn an appeals court ruling that tossed out the 2010 case in which Katherine Rosen, a former UCLA student, sued […]
ASUCLA Board of Directors recap – March 16
Associated Students UCLA is a multimillion-dollar organization that provides student services and activities the university does not fund. It oversees the Undergraduate Students Association Council, Graduate Students Association, Communications Board, campus services and enterprises. Board of Directors meetings are monthly and open to the public. Executive director’s reports: ASUCLA Executive Director Pouria Abbassi said ASUCLA […]
USAC recap – March 13
The Undergraduate Students Association Council is the official student government representing the undergraduate student body at UCLA. Council meetings take place every Tuesday at 7 p.m. in Kerckhoff 417 and are open to all students. Watch a livestream of the meetings on the usaclive channel on YouTube, which can be accessed with a ucla.edu account. […]
New Pritzker Center to provide resources, research for foster youth
A new center at UCLA aims to address the needs of youth in foster care by conducting research and providing resources to foster youth and their families. The UCLA Pritzker Center for Strengthening Children and Families, which launched Tuesday, plans to collaborate with various departments, such as the UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information […]