The Los Angeles City Controller Kenneth Mejia encouraged young people to get involved in politics and use social media as a political tool at a Wednesday UCLA event. Read more...
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Campus, News, Obituaries
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February 10, 11:45 pm
Materials conservation scholar, engineering professor Ioanna Kakoulli dies at 57
Ioanna Kakoulli, a professor of materials science and engineering, died Jan. 1. She was 57. Kakoulli was the first female professor hired by UCLA’s materials science and engineering department, according to an obituary posted by UCLA Global Antiquity. Read more...
Campus, News, Student Government
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February 9, 7:12 pm
USAC recap – Feb. 3
The Undergraduate Students Association Council passed a resolution calling upon UCLA administrators to review faculty with connections to Jeffrey Epstein at its Feb. 3 meeting. USAC is the official student government representing the undergraduate student body at UCLA. Read more...
A Closer Look, Campus, News
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February 8, 10:33 pm
Bruin Masters Swim Club members see self-growth through UCLA Recreation program
Waking up at the crack of dawn is routine for a group of swimmers at UCLA’s Sunset Canyon Recreation Center. About 20 members of the Bruin Masters Swim Club – a UCLA Recreation program for adult faculty, staff and students – start their days with swim sets at 5:45 a.m every Monday through Friday. Read more...
A Closer Look, Academics, California, Campus, Los Angeles, News, Science & Health
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February 8, 8:30 am
Statistics and data science symposium hosts early-career scientists
Researchers celebrated the role of numerical data in scientific research at a Jan. 26 event at the Meyer and Renee Luskin Conference Center. The Lange Symposium on Computational Statics and Biomedical Data Science – hosted by the UCLA Department of Computational Medicine and Human Genetics – invited six speakers from across the country to discuss their research. Read more...
A Closer Look, Academics, Campus, News
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February 7, 7:53 pm
Center for Accessible Education launches myCAE, streamlines student experience
This post was updated Feb. 8 at 10:12 p.m. The Center for Accessible Education’s new student portal makes requesting accommodations more convenient, despite an initial learning curve, students said. Read more...
A Closer Look, Academics, Campus, Higher Education, News
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February 5, 10:05 pm
Academic Senate report finds UCLA generates $400 million annual budget deficit
UCLA is generating a nearly $400 million annual structural budget deficit, according to a Jan. 29 Academic Senate preliminary report. The report – created by the Academic Senate’s Council on Planning and Budget – said data provided by UCLA administrators showed that the university is projected to run a combined $829.7 million deficit across the 2025 and 2026 fiscal years if it has not taken and does not take any corrective action. Read more...