Wednesday, April 29


UCLA to offer Cuba study abroad summer program

UCLA will add Havana, Cuba to the list of destinations students can visit starting in summer 2015. UCLA is the second University of California campus to offer a study abroad program in Cuba after UC Davis. Read more...

Photo: Students can study abroad in Cuba because of eased relations between the U.S. and the island nation. (Courtesy of Devin Murphy)


New UCLA SCUBA Club reaches out to diving community on campus

A massive sicklefin lemon shark suddenly interrupted fourth-year marine biology student Emily Ferrari’s scuba dive, leaving her watching, amazed, as the rare creature swam off into the tropical waters of the South Pacific. Read more...

Photo: Fourth-year marine biology student Emily Ferrari, fourth-year marine biology student Binal Patel and fourth-year ecology, behavior and evolution student Aislinn Dunne helped found the SCUBA Club at UCLA, which helps unite students who enjoy scuba diving. (Austin Yu/Daily Bruin senior staff)



Letters and Science, Anderson School offers entrepreneurship minor

Students interested in developing a new business or understanding entrepreneurial ideas can take a new undergraduate minor in entrepreneurship starting this quarter. The College of Letters and Science and the Anderson School of Management, which are jointly offering the minor, are accepting applications for the minor on a rolling basis. Read more...


Presidential resignations rare in history of USAC

In the 95-year existence of UCLA’s undergraduate student government, just six presidents have stepped down or been ousted from their seats. Undergraduate Students Association Council presidents have resigned for personal reasons, been caught in campaign violation controversies or been drafted into the military, according to Steven Halpern in “A View from Kerckhoff: A History of Student Life at UCLA,” a document about the Associated Students UCLA and the undergraduate student government. Read more...




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