The Undergraduate Students Association Council is the official student government representing the undergraduate student body at UCLA. Council meetings take place every week on Tuesday at 7 p.m. in Kerckhoff 417 and are open to all students. Watch a livestream of the meetings on the USAC Live! YouTube channel. Agenda The council appointed Rebecca Stark, […]
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State audit criticizes UC administration for misleading budget practices
This post was updated April 25 at 7:15 p.m. The University of California Office of the President has misleading budgeting practices, which resulted in accumulating a surplus of $175 million it did not disclose, according to a state audit released Tuesday. State Auditor Elaine Howle said UCOP also provided its employees with generous salaries and […]
Founding chief of pediatric surgery remembered for innovation, devotion
Eric Fonkalsrud would often invite students to his office to share a soda and popcorn while teaching them surgical procedures. Throughout his life, Fonkalsrud developed connections with students, and performed more than 15,000 operations, according to a UCLA statement. “All in all, he (was) humble, extraordinarily innovative (and) hardworking,” said Charles Chandler, a general surgeon […]
UCLA women’s water polo seizes scoring opportunities, defeats USC 11-7
Maddie Musselman didn’t miss until halfway through the third quarter. The freshman attacker had guarded the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation’s top scorer – Stephania Haralabidis – on defense, driven through an aggressive Trojan blockade on many of UCLA’s offensive possessions, battled to transition from one end to the other for more than 20 minutes of […]
Men’s tennis beats USC 4-1, clinches No. 1 seed for Pac-12 tournament
Martin Redlicki knew his lob was good. He raised his arms the moment he struck the ball, and his opponent, USC’s Nick Crystal, didn’t even look back as it fell a foot in front of the baseline. Redlicki, who was up a set and 6-2 in the second-set tiebreaker, then turned to the crowd and […]
BEAGLE program helps UCLA researchers decipher evolutionary histories
The rise of advanced genetic computing technology has transformed how we study evolution. Broad-platform Evolutionary Analysis General Likelihood Evaluator, a public evolutionary statistics library, allows researchers worldwide to collaborate on public health projects and clinical research at the intersection of biostatistics and evolutionary biology. Marc Suchard, a UCLA professor of biomathematics, biostatistics and human genetics, […]
UCLA Early Care and Education names interim Krieger Center director
The director of a UCLA child care center was placed on an indefinite leave last week and replaced by an interim director. Moises Roman, who was the director of the Krieger Center in the UCLA Early Care and Education program, will be replaced by Sue Ballentine, announced Brad Erickson, the executive director of Campus Service […]