David Sears said he once flirted with former President Barack Obama during a photo opportunity. “He said, ‘Where do you teach?’ and I said UCLA, and he said, ‘Oh, my wife was just there last spring and she said it was such a beautiful campus,’” Sears said. Read more...
Photo: David Sears, a distinguished professor in the department of psychology, is retiring after almost 60 years of teaching at UCLA. (Ken Shin/Daily Bruin staff)
UCLA has had nearly a century of student activism, and this year is no exception. Here is an overview of demonstrations that happened this year, how their respective movements have progressed and where people think the movements are going. Read more...
Photo: AFSCME Local 3299, the UC service workers’ union, held a three-day strike in May after negotiations with the University of California stalled. (Jenna Nicole Smith/Daily Bruin)
Chloe Vaught and her mother Sylvie Vaught screamed and jumped around the house when they learned they would be attending UCLA at the same time. When Sylvie Vaught finished her undergraduate degree in 2016, her daughter, Chloe Vaught, was admitted to UCLA. Read more...
Photo: Sylvie Vaught is graduating UCLA in June with a master’s in cinema and media studies, while her daughter Chloe Vaught attends UCLA’s undergraduate program. (Courtesy of Sylvie Vaught)
Justin Gelzhiser stood by the door of a lecture hall with a box cutter and fire extinguisher for several hours, preparing to defend his class from an active shooter. Read more...
A new committee will gather student feedback to improve the curriculum for core life science classes. Navi Sidhu, an undergraduate representative for Associated Students UCLA, said he created the Life Science Core Student Advisory and Communication Committee on May 29, with the approval of Dean of UCLA Life Sciences Victoria Sork, to increase collaboration between Life Sciences Core Education administrators and students. Read more...
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UCLA faculty can showcase their research and connect it to current events on a new online forum that aims to spread awareness about social science research. Read more...
Photo: Dean of Social Sciences Darnell Hunt created the LA Social Science e-Forum as a platform for professors to talk about their research with students, other professors and people outside of UCLA. (Courtesy of Darnell Hunt)
This post was updated June 6 at 5:19 p.m. The undergraduate student government voted to certify the spring election results and swore in several of next year’s council members Tuesday. Read more...
Photo: Twelve of the 2018-2019 Undergraduate Students Association Council was sworn in Tuesday, and remaining officials will be sworn in at the next USAC meeting. (Liz Ketcham/Daily Bruin)
