The Undergraduate Students Association Council is the official student government representing the undergraduate student body at UCLA. Council meetings take place every two weeks during the summer on Monday evenings in the Bruin Viewpoint Room and are open to all students. Watch a livestream of the meetings on the USAC Live! channel on YouTube. Due […]
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7.1 magnitude earthquake hits Southern California, marks second in two days
This post was updated July 9 at 1:10 a.m. A 7.1 magnitude earthquake struck Southern California on Friday around 8:19 p.m., according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The earthquake comes on the heels of a 6.4 magnitude earthquake Thursday, which seismologist Lucy Jones identified in a tweet as a foreshock to Friday’s quake. Long Beach, […]
Professor convicted of conspiracy to illegally export microchips to China
This post was updated July 13 at 9:07 a.m. A UCLA professor could face up to 219 years in prison for attempting to export electronics with military applications to China, according to a Department of Justice press release Tuesday. Yi Chi Shih, an adjunct professor of electrical engineering and part-time Los Angeles resident, was convicted […]
UCLA named a top-50 university globally in two recent rankings
UCLA was named among the world’s best universities for research and academia in two separate rankings last week. Nature, a scientific journal, named all 10 of the UC’s campuses and its three affiliated national laboratories in the top 500 institutions that influenced research in natural sciences last year. UCLA ranked 21st globally and eighth among […]
Grad students allege student officials’ ASUCLA appointments improperly conducted
This post was updated July 2 at 9:35 p.m. Graduate students raised concerns about the way student government officials conducted an appointment process for the Associated Students UCLA Board of Directors. UCLA’s Graduate Students Association officials called an emergency forum during finals week to discuss the appointments process. The meeting was called in response to a […]
Construction on Sunset Boulevard to cause lane closures for yearlong project
Yearlong roadwork on Sunset Boulevard near UCLA might cause travel delays to Westwood, according to a university announcement June 24. Construction will occur on Sunset Boulevard between the 405 Freeway and Bellagio Road, and between South Beverly Glen Boulevard and Carolwood Drive. Road crews will close portions of some lanes every weekday from 9 a.m. […]
Animal-assisted therapy group supports students, UCLA Health patients and staff
Erin Rice once watched her therapy dog make a 6-year-old boy open his eyes, look at his mother and begin communicating after a surgery that removed one hemisphere of his brain. “’This warm, fuzzy thing in his bed, this is what’s going to help him create those connections in his remaining hemisphere,’” Rice said a […]