The Undergraduate Students Association Council is the official student government representing the undergraduate student body at UCLA. Council meetings take place every week on Tuesday at 7 p.m. Read more...
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December 2, 2:34 pm
USAC recap — Dec. 1
Campus, News, UC
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December 2, 11:37 am
UC extends application deadline for transfer students to Jan. 4
Transfer students applying to University of California campuses for fall 2016 will have an extra month to submit their applications, the University announced Wednesday. The new deadline for transfer applications is Jan. Read more...
Photo: The University of California announced Wednesday an extension of the deadline for transfer student applications to Jan.4 (Emaan Baqai/Daily Bruin senior staff)
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November 30, 10:45 am
UCLA officials plan to shut down white student union Facebook page
UCLA administrators said they intend to shut down the UCLA White Student Union Facebook page, in a statement released Tuesday to some student organization leaders. Officials said in the statement they think the page misrepresents UCLA and could mock student groups that advocate for equity. Read more...
Photo: UCLA administrators will shut down the White Student Union Facebook page, which has a description claiming it was created by UCLA students. (Screenshot of UCLA White Student Union Facebook page)
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November 30, 10:25 am
UCLA programs respond to rapid growth in computer science field
Increasing demand for coding skills has prompted academic departments to provide more opportunities for students to practice computational thinking. The interest in programming skills has grown rapidly in both UCLA classes and career fields, said Robert Gould, undergraduate vice chair of the statistics department. Read more...
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November 29, 11:47 pm
Transfer Program Director aims to help transfer students
When she first moved to Los Angeles to be an actress, Heather Adams had no idea what path her life would take. More than 20 years later, Adams, a UCLA transfer alumnus, heads the Transfer Student Program at the Bruin Resource Center. Read more...
Photo: Transfer program Co-Directors Heather Adams, right, and Melissa Sinclair, left. (Photo courtesy of Heather Adams)
Campus, News, Student Government
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November 25, 3:30 am
USAC office proposes international student representative position
An undergraduate student government office proposed Nov. 18 to add an international student representative position to the council, in an effort to better represent international students’ interests. Read more...
Photo: A USAC office proposed adding an international student representative position to the council. (Daily Bruin file photo)
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November 25, 3:30 am
Q&A: UCLA professor talks new study on LA’s minimum wage increase
A research foundation granted UCLA professors $570,000 to study the effects of raising the minimum wage in Los Angeles over the next five years. The team will study changes in wage and employment, product prices and health. Read more...
Photo: Dr. Edward Learner, chair of management at the UCLA Anderson School of Management, will lead an Anderson team in a three-year-long research project to study the effects of raising the minimum wage in Los Angeles over the next five years. (Anisha Joshi/Daily Bruin)