Luskin School of Public Affairs offers new food studies grad program

Graduate students can now apply to participate in a food studies certificate program led by the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs that will begin in fall. The graduate program aims to engage students from different fields in a discussion about the obstacles society faces in terms of food, said Alexis Oberlander, project manager of […]

Phi Kappa Psi reinstated after petition, house construction

The Phi Kappa Psi national organization rechartered its UCLA chapter last Saturday, after the chapter’s alumni and members built a new house and petitioned to be reinstated. Jeremy Tillman, a UCLA and Phi Kappa Psi alumnus, told the Daily Bruin in 2011 the national organization suspended the UCLA chapter in August 2011 for hosting unauthorized […]

UCPD arrests man accused of raping student on the Hill

University police arrested a Los Angeles man Wednesday afternoon for allegedly raping a student on the Hill on Jan. 28. The student told UCPD she met the man at a party she attended in the North Village. The man allegedly escorted her to her dorm room and sexually assaulted her. The man called the student […]

U.S. official calls for focus on gender equality as means to end AIDS

The U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator called for an end to the AIDS epidemic by 2030 in a speech at UCLA Wednesday afternoon. Around 70 professors, students and international delegates attended a speech by Dr. Deborah Birx, a retired army colonel who began her term as U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator and U.S. Special Representative for Global […]

USAC passes resolution to create student-run grocery store on campus

The undergraduate student government unanimously passed a resolution Tuesday that supported creating a student-run grocery store in an attempt to increase food security for students. Heather Rosen, president of the Undergraduate Students Association Council, introduced the resolution. She said she is trying to secure a location for an on-campus student-run grocery store that aims to […]

UCPD searching for man accused of raping student on the Hill

University police are searching for a man who allegedly raped a UCLA student on the Hill Thursday night. The student told police she attended a party in the North Village about 11 p.m., where she met the man, according to a UCPD alert. The student reported the man escorted her to her dorm room and […]

UCLA Housing introduces early room sign up for roommate groups

Students who have chosen roommates for the 2016-2017 academic year will be able to choose room assignments a week earlier than students who have not. Those in verified roommate groups will be randomly given a sign-up time between Feb. 23 and Feb. 25, and students who are not in roommate groups will sign up between […]