Students can now check on their phones how many meal swipes they have left. UCLA Housing piloted a feature on the UCLA Housing phone application Jan. Read more...
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January 17, 1:35 am
USAC hosts speed-dating event for student organizations to promote collaboration
Student organizations went on speed dates to build cross-community relationships. About 15 students from various student organizations met in small groups at an event hosted by the Undergraduate Students Association Council General Representative 1 office Tuesday. Read more...
Photo: Undergraduate Students Association Council General Representative 1 Ayesha Haleem’s (pictured above) office hosted a speed dating event for student organizations. (Liz Ketcham/Assistant Photo editor)
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January 16, 4:17 pm
USAC recap – Jan. 15
The Undergraduate Students Association Council is the official student government representing the undergraduate student body at UCLA. Council meetings take place every Tuesday at 7 p.m. Read more...
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January 15, 12:40 am
Waste Awareness Week aims to boost student engagement with sustainable practices
UCLA student organizations are spreading awareness of the global waste crisis through a weeklong series of activities. The Renewable Energy Association and other environmental student organizations are hosting Waste Awareness Week to highlight the consequences of global waste mismanagement. Read more...
Photo: Environmental student organizations such as the Renewable Energy Association and E3: Ecology, Economy, Equity, are hosting Waste Awareness Week to highlight the consequences of global waste mismanagement. Events include movie screenings, workshops and an art exhibition. (Axel Lopez/Assistant Photo editor)
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January 15, 12:35 am
Faculty express concerns over lack of diversity in UCLA Health’s hiring process
Roughly 200 doctors snapped, cheered and hissed at administrators during a town hall over concerns that the administration did not prioritize diversity. Faculty clashed with David Geffen School of Medicine administrators over questions surrounding the replacement of Peter Whybrow at a town hall Thursday. Read more...
Photo: Faculty at the David Geffen School of Medicine challenged administrators’ commitment to diversity at a town hall Thursday. A committee to select the new psychiatry and biobehavioral sciences chair and director of the Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior is made up of seven white men, three white women and one Latino man. (Anirudh Keni/Daily Bruin)
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January 14, 12:40 am
Global Citizens fellow aspires to improve health care discrepancies in Thailand
This post was updated Jan. 21 at 6:20 p.m. When Emma Gillette got into a motorcycle accident while studying abroad in Thailand in 2017, she was thrown into Thailand’s medical system and saw the disparities between the health care provided to rural and urban communities. Read more...
Photo: Emma Gillette travelled to Thailand in 2018 to teach emergency medical techniques to local Thai communities as a part of the Global Citizens Fellowship program at UCLA. The program awards grants to students to complete a project of their design in a foreign country. (Mia Kayser/Daily Bruin staff)
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January 14, 12:19 am
Angela Davis features at social justice summit, shares personal experience
Activist Angela Davis expressed hope for the future of social justice during a summit held at a school that had fired her twice. “It is young people, who have not had very much experience in this world, who have the hope, and who know they have to do something to change the world because otherwise they know they will not have a future,” she said. Read more...
Photo: The UCLA Black Alumni Association and the Ralph J. Bunche Center for African American Studies hosted a social justice summit in which speakers, including Angela Davis and rapper Common, analyzed topics including mental health, music and activism. (Daanish Bhatti/Daily Bruin)