Disha Bhagwat was strolling through Pub Street, home to noisy bars and clubs frequented by wealthy tourists, in Siem Reap, Cambodia, last year when she was caught off guard by lonely children dancing and people with disabilities performing music on the street for money. Bhagwat, a fourth-year economics student, said that moment inspired a research […]
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Nobel Prize winner Toni Morrison to receive UCLA Medal
In 1993, novelist Toni Morrison became the first black woman to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature, showing the world a critically-acclaimed artist could be a force of change. On Monday, Chancellor Gene Block will award Morrison the UCLA Medal, which recognizes extraordinary achievement exemplifying UCLA’s values of integrity, excellence and accountability. The public ceremony […]
UCLA faculty call LA homelessness plan a start, not permanent solution
A recent city council plan to spend $100 million to alleviate homelessness in Los Angeles sparked criticism from several UCLA experts who don’t think the funding can provide a permanent solution. Seven Los Angeles City Council members and Mayor Garcetti said Sept. 22 they would declare a “state of emergency” and spend $100 million to […]
Conference re-evaluates California Master Plan for Higher Education
Representatives from California college systems met Saturday to discuss issues surrounding the rising costs of attending higher education institutions in California. Attendees reviewed the California Master Plan for Higher Education and reinitiated a conversation about the issues associated with higher education since the 1960s, said Iman Sylvain, external affairs vice president of the UC Berkeley […]
XPRIZE and UCLA partner on global problem-solving initiative
UCLA administrators will launch a new initiative early next week that aims to encourage members of the campus community to develop new technologies that can alleviate global problems. The university is collaborating with XPRIZE, an organization that hosts competitions in science, technology and education, to create FuturizeX. The initiative will prompt students to identify major […]
Show Me the Ropes program matches transfer students with mentors
New transfer students can apply to a mentorship program that pairs incoming transfer students with student mentors with senior standing as part of a new undergraduate student government initiative. The program, called Show Me the Ropes, connects transfer students and prospective mentors based on their academic goals, interests and personalities, said Ivelisse Porroa-Garcia, co-director of […]
UCLA faculty members feel pope brings moral persepctive to activism
Pope Francis returned to Vatican City Sunday evening, but UCLA faculty members and activists expect the impact of his U.S. visit to resonate in social justice communities for much longer. Kent Wong, director of the UCLA Labor Center and a labor studies professor, said he thinks the pope’s visit adds a moral perspective to polarizing […]