The University Religious Conference at UCLA elected a new president and created two new student group funds Tuesday. The organization’s board of directors elected Kenn Heller at its board meeting Tuesday evening at the UCLA Faculty Center. Read more...
Photo: The University Religious Conference’s Board of Directors held a meeting Tuesday evening during which it approved to create two new funds for student groups. (Laura Uzes/Daily Bruin)
This post was updated on May 17 at 6 p.m. Bruin Republicans hosted numerous conservative speakers this school year, despite backlash against similar speakers at UCLA and other campuses. Read more...
Photo: Bruin Republicans has invited several notable conservative commentators to speak at UCLA, including Dennis Prager, a radio talk show host and founder of website Prager University. (MacKenzie Coffman/Daily Bruin)
Students can now find a list of available scholarships through a new portal on MyUCLA. Undergraduate and graduate students can access the scholarship portal under the Finances tab, which opened Monday. Read more...
Photo: Outgoing General Representative 1 Zoe Borden created a new scholarship portal on MyUCLA to provide students a consolidated source for donor scholarships, merit scholarships and alumni- and UCLA-specific scholarships. Borden’s term ended May 9. (April Hoang/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Vice Chancellor Jerry Kang is looking for three to five more students to the advise his office on campus climate issues. Kang announced in an email to students Friday that the Office of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion will be accepting applications to serve on its student advisory board for the next academic year. Read more...
Photo: Vice Chancellor Jerry Kang created the Office of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion’s student advisory board in 2016 to receive student input on campus climate issues. (Daily Bruin file photo)
The 28th annual Chinese American Culture Night, named “No Shore To Land,” took place in Royce Hall on Saturday night and portrayed the story of a young Chinese man immigrating to the United States under a fake identity. Read more...
Photo: (Stella Huang/Daily Bruin)
UCLA officials and David Geffen dedicated Geffen Hall on Thursday afternoon at an event attended by 200 medical students, faculty and guests. Geffen, an entertainment executive and philanthropist, donated $200 million to the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and created a $100 million scholarship fund for incoming medical students. Read more...
Photo: (Chengcheng Zhang/Daily Bruin)
The Afrikan Student Union called on UCLA to create a Black Resource Center and a $40 million endowment to address African-American underrepresentation on campus in a list of demands it released Thursday. Read more...
Photo: Afrikan Student Union Chair Alicia Frison said the group has been working on a list of demands from the university and decided to release the list in light of the recent student government elections. (Axel Lopez/Daily Bruin)
