UCLA Athletics partners with Red Cross to aid Hurricane Harvey relief

UCLA Athletics and the Rose Bowl will partner with the American Red Cross Los Angeles Region to fundraise for those affected by Hurricane Harvey. At Sunday’s football season opener in Pasadena, California, fans in attendance will be able to donate to the Red Cross via text message to support Hurricane Harvey relief. UCLA and Texas […]

Californians asked to conserve power due to statewide heat wave

This post was updated Sept. 1 at 11:10 a.m. California residents are advised to continue conserving electricity Friday afternoon as extreme heat continues. The California Independent System Operator, a nonprofit that oversees much of the state’s electric power system, issued a statewide Flex Alert for consumers to reduce their electricity usage from 1 p.m. to 10 p.m. Friday. The Los Angeles […]

Organizations encourage people to weigh in on Prop 57’s comment period

Organizations have been urging people to take advantage of the public comment period for Proposition 57 to ensure that the original intentions of the proposition are put into place. Proposition 57, known as The Public Safety and Rehabilitation Act of 2016, was passed by voters in November and aims to review parole hearings and acknowledge […]

Chemistry, biochemistry instructors to provide no-cost course materials

Students taking classes from the chemistry and biochemistry department may start paying less for course materials. Starting fall, the department will require instructors to provide students with no-cost alternatives to course materials and are required to state in their syllabuses whether they profit off the sale of any written course material. No-cost alternatives include online […]

Workshops offered to international students in September orientations

Incoming international students will now have access to orientation workshops to assist them in their transition to UCLA. The Dashew Center for International Students and Scholars and the International Student Leadership Coalition have collaborated to provide three workshop sessions for international students during summer New Student Orientations. The workshops will be available during September orientation […]

UC graduate student leaders form independent advocacy group

University of California graduate and professional student leaders created a new group to better advocate for graduate student interests at a meeting last week. At the UC Graduate and Professional Summit, which lasted from July 28 to July 31, representatives from 10 campus graduate student associations passed a resolution creating the UC Graduate-Professional Coalition. Becky […]

UCLA football releases training camp dates, designated area for fans

This post was updated August 15 at 4:53 p.m. UCLA football fans will be able to watch the first two weeks of fall camp, but they’ll have to do it from a distance. Reports came out at Pac-12 media day on Wednesday indicating that UCLA’s fall camp would be closed to the public because of […]