A UCLA alumnus, among others, contributed to a $1 million donation to create a new faculty chair position in the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health’s newest center, according to a university press release. Read more...
Photo: A million dollar gift to the Center of Health Management created a faculty chair position for a professor with health care management expertise. The center is housed under the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health. (Daily Bruin file photo)
The playlist for the campus’ bells will be slightly different this year. The Powell Library bell will be playing music written by UCLA alumni twice a day for the rest of the year, UCLA Library announced during a small ceremony on the front steps of the library on Thursday. Read more...
Photo: UCLA Library announced it will be playing songs by UCLA alumni on the campus bells twice a day. It comes as part of the library’s OpenUCLA centennial celebrations initiative to promote open access to campus research and resources. (Daily Bruin file photo)
Headline recommendation: Forbes once called her the most powerful 11-year-old in the world. Now she's at UCLA. Read more...
Photo: Zuriel Oduwole, a first-year psychobiology student, has met more than 30 presidents and prime ministers during her work advocating for children’s access to education. She began her rise to prominence at 9 years old when she won a national history competition. (Axel Lopez/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Several minors at UCLA will be undergoing name and curriculum changes effective this fall. Every year, UCLA reviews and revises programs – while some changes reflect an evolving curriculum, other name changes are efforts to be more concise and attractive to students. Read more...
Pedestrians reclaimed parking spaces at three separate locations in Westwood on Friday. Park(ing) Day is a global movement that transforms vehicle spaces into walkable areas and is observed globally every year on the third Friday of September. Read more...
Photo: The Westwood Village Improvement Association turned the parking spaces in front of the Ministry of Coffee into a parklet with games and refreshments Friday. (Liz Ketcham/Photo editor)
An alumna claims UCLA Residential Life treated her unfairly after she reported an alleged incident of sexual harassment in 2016 while still a student. Yu Akao, a former student, alleged in an email that her former suite mate’s boyfriend sexually harassed her as she attempted to exit the shower in her Delta Terrace residence during fall quarter 2016. Read more...
Photo: An alumni alleges Residential Life mishandled her sexual harassment claim. She said she chose to speak out about it to prevent other students from having the same experience. (Daily Bruin file photo)
UCLA is already a competitive university, with a first-year acceptance rate of 14% in 2018 – the same as Cornell’s that year. For students applying to programs outside the College of Letters and Science, however, the bar can be even higher. Read more...
Photo: (Emily Dembinski/Daily Bruin)
