With a 10-0-1 vote, undergraduate student government officers approved language at their Tuesday meeting for a constitutional amendment that would clarify how officer vacancies are filled, extend the timeline for council to hold special elections and prevent special elections from taking place during school breaks. Read more...
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October 8, 2:28 am
USAC approves amendment clarifying process of filling officer vacancies
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October 7, 2:19 am
Block discusses university goals during question-and-answer session
Chancellor Gene Block met with about 30 students and administrators at the Neuroscience Research Building auditorium on Monday afternoon for a question-and-answer session. Block discussed various university goals involving the health sciences, including his plan to increase UCLA’s international ranking through more interdisciplinary partnerships between the sciences and humanities. Read more...
Photo: Chancellor Gene Block answered students’ questions in a question-and-answer session Monday afternoon. (Jose Ubeda/Daily Bruin staff)
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October 7, 2:10 am
Students give feedback on desired traits in diversity vice chancellor
At a town hall meeting Monday, students called for the university to appoint a vice chancellor for equity, diversity and inclusion who is culturally competent, creative and direct in addressing diversity issues. Read more...
Photo: Jazz Kiang, a third-year Asian American studies student, and Carole Goldberg, vice chancellor for academic personnel, hear feedback from students at a town hall about the vice chancellor for equity, diversity and inclusion position. (Jessica Zhou/Daily Bruin)
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October 7, 2:06 am
UCLA to appoint diversity specialists from various campus departments
UCLA plans to appoint about 20 officers in various divisions and schools on campus to advise administrators on diversity issues and assist a new vice chancellor who will focus on diversity. Read more...
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October 6, 1:46 pm
Decades later, Project India participants celebrate book’s publishing
Hairs have grayed and voices have gotten thicker, but the memory of their time in India was fresh in the minds of the alumni at the UCLA Faculty Center on Sunday. Read more...
Photo: David Lund, one of organizers of Project India, spoke Sunday at the reception to celebrate a recently published book about the project. (Angie Wang/Daily Bruin senior staff)
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October 6, 3:08 am
Chancellor Block to hold seminar on future of university
UCLA Chancellor Gene Block will answer questions about the future of the university in a free seminar on campus Monday afternoon. During the seminar, which will be held in the Neuroscience Research Building auditorium from noon to 1 p.m., Block will talk about the university’s budget, social topics concerning UCLA and challenges the university may face in the future, said seminar administrator Mark Weiner. Read more...
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October 3, 2:14 am
Student petitions for Sikh studies class
Manjot Singh covers his long hair in a turban every day as a physical manifestation of worship, a basic tenet of his Sikh faith. Because he wears a turban, the fourth-year global studies student said he sometimes thinks students on campus treat him differently or make unfair judgments about his religious beliefs. Read more...