Saturday, April 18



USAC recap – April 7

The Undergraduate Students Association Council approved letters and resolutions in support of four different changes to the California constitution at its April 7 meeting. USAC is the official student government representing the undergraduate student body at UCLA. Read more...


‘Absolutely horrendous’: Is a UCLA ethnic studies program for K-12 teachers in danger?

UCLA is defunding a program that trains educators to teach ethnic studies in K-12 schools, faculty alleged. The Ethnic Studies Certificate Program – a collaboration between educator support program UCLA Center X, the UCLA Institute for American Cultures and UCLA Extension – provides training for teachers to develop and implement ethnic studies curricula in their classrooms, according to the UCLA Institute of American Cultures website. Read more...


Is life in LA getting worse? New survey provides insights

Los Angeles residents’ quality of life has reached a historic low, UCLA researchers said at a Wednesday event. Zev Yaroslavsky, the director of the Luskin School of Public Affairs’ Los Angeles Initiative, announced the results of the 11th Los Angeles County Quality of Life Index at the school’s eighth-annual summit, which was held in the Meyer and Renee Luskin Conference Center. Read more...



Teresa Woodruff raises awareness about oncofertility in speaker series lecture

This post was updated April 16 at 11:38 p.m. Scientist Teresa Woodruff has spent her career advancing a specialized field of medicine. Woodruff – the president emerita of Michigan State University and a National Medal of Science recipient – works in oncofertility, a field focused on preserving patients’ abilities to have biological children following life-saving treatments such as chemotherapy. Read more...



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