This post was updated on Jan. 24 at 4:50 p.m. Alexandra Latshaw and Elizabeth Mills spend much of their time in physics laboratories, meticulously planning experiments and scribbling down equations that look like they belong on a “The Big Bang Theory” whiteboard. However, because they are women in a male-dominated field, they said they don’t […]
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UCLA alum offers solution to parking struggles near campus via website
A UCLA alumnus took his frustration at the lack of available parking spots near campus and developed it into a website. Ryusei Shimizu, who graduated in 2015, founded Poasis, a website that aims to connect people who have extra parking spaces to drivers who need parking. Poasis users can select a desired parking spot and […]
UCLA history professor to be honored by Jewish Book Council
A UCLA professor will receive an award for her book on the political struggles of modern Jewish people. The Jewish Book Council announced Wednesday that Sarah Abrevaya Stein, a history professor, will receive the Mimi S. Frank Award, which is under the National Jewish Book Award. The council began recognizing authors through the award program […]
UCLA’s Kathleen Salvaty named UC’s systemwide Title IX officer
UCLA’s Title IX officer will become the first Title IX officer for the University of California system, university officials announced Thursday. In an email to the campus community, Jerry Kang, vice chancellor for equity, diversity and inclusion, said Kathleen Salvaty would help make Title IX consistent throughout the UC system. UC President Janet Napolitano established […]
Residential Life adds new printers throughout the Hill
Students now have access to 10 new printers on the Hill 24 hours a day. The Residential Life learning centers and UCLA Housing and Hospitality Services collaborated to implement printing kiosks at various places on the Hill over winter break, said UCLA spokesperson Rebecca Kendall. They are in all the learning centers on the Hill, […]
Former ADPi house mother starts a new chapter after 25-year stint
Sisters from the Alpha Delta Pi sorority would take 81-year-old Joan Kaas out to party in celebration of birthdays and graduations. “They’d take me downtown to the Edison, which is a nightclub, to hear musicians that I wanted to hear,” she said. Before recently retiring and moving to her home state of Iowa, Kaas was […]
UCLA community looks into research, education to tackle opioid addiction
Opioid drug overdoses now claim almost as many lives each year as car accidents in the U.S. In the last 10 years, opioid-related deaths have nearly tripled and opioid addiction is now regarded as a nationwide epidemic by the Center for Disease Control. In response to the growing epidemic, UCLA students and researchers have been […]