The Undergraduate Students Association Council is the official student government of UCLA’s undergraduate students. Council meetings are Tuesdays at 7 p.m. in Kerckhoff 417 and are open to all students. Read more...
Campus, News, Student Government
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June 25, 1:20 pm
USAC Recap – June 24
News
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June 24, 9:58 am
Supreme Court sends affirmative action case back to lower courts
This post was updated at 11:40 a.m. The U.S. Supreme Court sent a case concerning the use of race in university admissions back to the lower courts Monday, saying the courts did not apply a proper level of “strict scrutiny” to the admissions policy in question. Read more...
Campus, News
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June 24, 12:00 am
Bruins teach children about healthy living in Venice
The red dye trickled slowly through the cotton-filled test tube like blood traveling through clogged arteries. Joseph Esdin remembered comparing the sluggishly moving dye to its quickly advancing analogue in an empty test tube during the early days of a community service club he founded as a UCLA undergraduate student. Read more...
Photo: Interns in the Together Educating and Advocating Community Health program tutor students in the Venice community. Students in TEACH create and present health-based lesson plans to the middle and elementary school students in Venice.
News, Westwood
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June 24, 12:00 am
Sepulveda Pass construction completion delayed until mid-2014
Detour signs and traffic delays will remain a familiar sight for UCLA commuters who frequent the 405 Freeway, due to a one-year delay on the completion of the construction project. Read more...
Photo: SOURCE: The Los Angeles County Metro. Graphic reporting by Estefani Herrera, Bruin contributor.
News, Science & Health
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June 24, 12:00 am
UCLA professor transfers passion into more than 50 patent designs
A few bulging volumes litter the desk of Xiangfeng Duan. They are filled with more than 50 patent designs that he has accrued over the past two decades. The exact number of patents, he doesn’t bother to remember.
Duan, an assistant chemistry professor, spends his days studying atoms, molecules and objects of microscopic proportions. Read more...
Campus, News
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June 24, 12:00 am
UCLA student group Simul8 develops apps for UCLA Library
Between the lines upon lines of code recent computer science graduate Christina Fries writes, she sees her own creativity. Each complete segment is an expression of her knowledge and artistry, a sentiment she discovered in part through her work with Simul8, a student group employed by the UCLA Library to develop Web and mobile apps. Read more...
Crime, News
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June 22, 2:02 pm
Scam artist allegedly poses as UCLA Health System job recruiter
A recent hiring scam that involved an individual allegedly posing as a recruiter from the UCLA Health System is the most recent in a string of similar incidents reported over the past three months, according to a statement released by the UCLA Health System on Thursday. Read more...