The dean of the Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science will step down in January, after more than 12 years of service. During his tenure as dean, Vijay Dhir increased the number of academic scholarships available from about five to 130, recruited new faculty, improved the school ranking and built Engineering buildings V and VI. Read more...
News, Science & Health
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November 30, 10:34 am
Engineering school dean to step down after overseeing years of improvement
Campus, News
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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...
News, Westwood
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November 30, 9:11 am
Westwood official resigns, joins animal welfare initiative
A Westwood Village official resigned Monday to join an animal rights group, after serving the community for two years. Sheila Kouhkan, who worked as deputy director of the Westwood Village Improvement Association, also known as the BID, will become the manager of No-Kill Los Angeles, a Best Friends Animal Society initiative intended to ensure no cats or dogs will be killed in animal shelters by 2017. Read more...
Photo: Sheila Kouhkan resigned from her position as deputy director of the Westwood Village Improvement Association to work in animal rights advocacy. (Tehya Faulk/Daily Bruin)
Campus, News, Podcasts
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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)
Campus, News
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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)
Campus, News, Student Government, UC
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November 25, 3:27 am
UC to cut need-based aid for incoming out-of-state students
The University of California will no longer provide need-based financial aid for incoming out-of-state students to accommodate for the planned increase in enrollment of in-state students. Read more...
Photo: The University of California will stop providing need-based financial aid for incoming out-of-state students to accommodate for the planned increase in enrollment of in-state students. The University will increase resident enrollment by 5,000 in the 2016-2017 academic year. (Emaan Baqai/Daily Bruin senior staff)