The UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science will soon have its first associate dean of diversity and inclusion to help the school improve its representation of minority students. Read more...
Photo: (Photo courtesy UCLA Engineering)
UCLA’s dining halls are ranked best in the country for the second year in a row. UCLA’s student dining halls topped Niche’s “2018 Best College Food in America” ranking, released Monday. Read more...
Photo: UCLA’s dining halls were ranked best in the country. (Owen Emerson/Daily Bruin senior staff)
UCLA will now be offering free mental health screenings to all incoming freshmen and transfer students, Chancellor Gene Block announced Thursday. In a speech at the One Mind Initiative at Work summit, a conference on mental health and wellness, Block said that students who choose to participate in the screenings will be examined for various mental health conditions, including depression, anxiety and suicidal tendencies. Read more...
Photo: Chancellor Gene Block announced the UCLA Depression Grand Challenge, an initiative to change the perception and treatment of mental illness and provide free mental health screenings to incoming freshmen and transfer students. (Owen Emerson/Daily Bruin senior staff)
This post was updated Sept. 14 at 8:30 a.m. A 26-year-old female UCLA student was found dead in Westwood campus housing by university police Wednesday night. Read more...
This post was updated Sept. 12 at 4:25 p.m. UCLA tied with UC Berkeley for the No. 1 spot in the 2018 U.S. News & World Report’s list of top public universities nationwide released Monday night. Read more...
Photo: UCLA topped a ranking for public universities for the second time in the last week. (Daily Bruin file photo)
This post was updated Sept. 11 at 9:18 a.m. Clementine Bordeaux, a member of the Rosebud Lakota tribe, said she was surprised when the Los Angeles City Council voted to replace Columbus Day with a holiday honoring indigenous peoples. Read more...
Photo: Native American students and activists said they think Los Angeles’ decision to create an Indigenous Peoples Day will bring more attention to Native American issues, such as the Dakota Access Pipeline. (Daily Bruin file photo)
A 2017-2018 report published Wednesday ranked the UCLA as the nation’s top public university. Times Higher Education, a magazine that reports on higher education, published their World University Rankings report Wednesday, which ranked UCLA 15th in the world, a drop from 14th last year. Read more...
Photo: The Times Higher Education World University Rankings ranked UCLA 15th worldwide, ahead of UC Berkeley, which ranked 18th. (Daily Bruin file photo)
