Claire Fieldman, president: Platforms: Fieldman promised to reform sexual violence prevention training for incoming, new and returning students. She promised to increase transparency of the administration’s emergency decision-making and enhance emergency preparedness trainings. She also promised to build a women’s leadership network of students, faculty and alumni. Quarter recap: Fieldman’s office will submit its proposal […]
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Gene Block, vice chancellors discuss event security, Title IX and emergencies
Chancellor Gene Block meets with the Daily Bruin Editorial Board every quarter to discuss issues affecting campus and explain administrative policies. At the meeting Tuesday, Block, Administrative Vice Chancellor Michael Beck, Vice Chancellor for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Jerry Kang and Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Monroe Gorden Jr. spoke about the administration’s response to […]
Student worker union holds protest over frustration with UCPath system
A student workers union protested payroll issues which have left some without pay since the start of the academic year. Roughly 50 student workers from United Auto Workers Local 2865 gathered Friday to protest to show their frustration with UCPath. UCPath is a centralized payroll platform for University of California employees that launched at UCLA […]
Plans for The Agora housing development filed with city planning department
Two physicians are planning to build a new apartment complex for UCLA students in Westwood. The plan for the new apartment complex, which would be built on Hilgard Avenue, was filed with the Los Angeles Department of City Planning on Nov. 19. The developers’ plan for the 16-story building, referred in the plan as The […]
’10 Questions’ inquires into individual and group knowledge in art and science
The “10 Questions” lecture series, which will address a different question each week, doubles as a course for students and a panel open to the public. The series will explore open-ended questions such as “What is beauty?”, “What is failure?” and “What is knowledge?” Each week’s panel will feature two faculty members from the School […]
Campus Queries: What is the impact of wildfires on wildlife in California?
Campus Queries is a series in which Daily Bruin readers and staff present science-related questions for UCLA professors and experts to answer. Q: How have the recent wildfires in California affected local wildlife? A: In light of the recent Woolsey fire that burned through Los Angeles and Ventura counties, UCLA professors said human activities are […]
UCLA receives sustainability award for LEED Platinum-rated training facilities
UCLA earned an award for the sustainable design of its athletics facilities from the Los Angeles chapter of the U.S. Green Building Council. USGBC LA gave UCLA the award because both the Wasserman Football Center and Mo Ostin Basketball Center had obtained Leadership in Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Platinum certification, the highest rating […]