A team of five undergraduate women is trying to combat food insecurity on campus. The CalFresh Initiative, led by Global Food Initiative fellow Savannah Gardner, works to help more students apply for CalFresh. The group held its first official event Wednesday, where two Department of Social Services representatives enrolled 24 students into the program. CalFresh, […]
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Students hold event to discuss science, stigma of bipolar disorder
A student speaker shared her friend’s experience with bipolar disorder at an event Tuesday night. Shrita Pendekanti, a second-year neuroscience student, and Active Minds hosted “Know the Signs, Know the Science” in Carnesale Commons. About 15 people attended the event, which featured a discussion on the science behind bipolar disorder and the stigma surrounding it. […]
Bruin women form noncompetitive club for aspiring female entrepreneurs
Hundreds of students get rejected from the campus’s handful of competitive business clubs each year because each has a limited number of spots. Megan Pierce, a third-year business economics student, was motivated to found a new club, Bruin Women in Business, due to UCLA’s lack of a formal business degree program and the scarce opportunities […]
UCLA parents express approval for expanded evening child care program
Parenting students said they are pleased with the extended hours and improved facilities at the Little Bruins Clubhouse, an evening child care service. UCLA Recreation officially opened the child care program April 12 after implementing suggestions it received during the program’s winter pilot phase. The program aims to provide student parents with more time to […]
First annual Bruin Games celebrates diversity, raises money for charity
Students played recreational activities and outdoor games at UCLA’s first Bruin Games event Wednesday. About 60 people attended the event, which was hosted by the Undergraduate Students Association Council general representative 3, at the Sunset Canyon Recreation Center. Students played in a soccer tournament and participated in cultural activities like origami and the board game […]
New digital humanities summer class to offer hands-on analyses of LA
UCLA will offer a new interdisciplinary course involving hands-on projects and fieldwork in Los Angeles this summer. Students registered in summer sessions can apply to Digital Humanities 30: “Los Angeles Tech City: Digital Technologies & Spatial Justice” until July 2. The five-unit course offers a combination of technology, design and urban humanities studies through hands-on […]
Metro’s Purple Line Extension to begin construction ahead of schedule
This post was updated May 23 at 7:10 p.m. A planned subway extension to Westwood will begin construction in 2018, nine years ahead of its original schedule, according to a schedule Metro distributed at a community meeting Thursday. The new timeline is possible because in November, county voters passed Measure M, a half-percent sales tax […]