A student organization is circulating a petition urging UCLA to invest $1 million in a shelter for students experiencing homelessness and update housing policies to help housing-insecure students. Read more...
Photo: Rise, a student advocacy group for financially insecure students, is circulating a petition that calls on UCLA to donate $1 million for a shelter for students experiencing homelessness and asks the university to update housing policies. (Tanmay Shankar/Assistant Photo editor)
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 will climate change affect Arctic ice? Read more...
The North Westwood Neighborhood Council is the official neighborhood council representing Westwood Village and UCLA to the Los Angeles City Council. Council meetings are open to the public and held monthly. Read more...
This post was updated Jan. 9 at 10:41 a.m. The Sustainable LA Grand Challenge’s leadership may be turning over a new leaf, but its goals remain the same. Read more...
Photo: Eric Hoek, professor of civil and environmental engineering and former CEO of water technology startup Water Planet, was named the new faculty director of the Sustainable LA Grand Challenge. (Courtesy of Daniel Leibowitz/Sustainable LA Grand Challenge)
The interim dean for the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health will assume the role effective Jan. 15. Ronald Brookmeyer, a biostatistics professor, has served as interim dean of the School of Public Health since November 2018 and has been UCLA faculty member since 2010. Read more...
Photo: Ronald Brookmeyer, the interim dean for the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health and a biostatistics professor, will assume the role effective Jan. 15. Brookmeyer has been a member of UCLA faculty since 2010. (Courtesy of UCLA Newsroom)
UCLA basketball legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar will be visiting campus Saturday. Abdul-Jabbar will be promoting his new T-shirt collection and signing autographs for fans at the UCLA Store from 5 p.m. Read more...
Photo: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar will be at UCLA to sign autographs Saturday from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. Abdul-Jabbar will also be promoting his new T-shirt collection made in collaboration with Mitchell & Ness. (Daily Bruin file photo)
La Raza Law Students Association will now go as the Latinx Law Students Association in an effort to be more progressive and inclusive, following a recent vote. Read more...
Photo: La Raza Law Students Association recently voted to change its name to the Latinx Law Students Association. The law club provides students with academic support and networking opportunities.(Daily Bruin file photo)
