With the Nov. 3 midterm elections approaching, UCLA’s undergraduate student government is working to help students understand their ballots, register to vote and access voting resources. Read more...
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October 31, 8:15 pm
This UCLA project works to protect voting access ahead of 2026 midterms
A UCLA research center is working to challenge racial and partisan gerrymandering, voter eligibility and ballot collection issues ahead of the 2026 midterm elections. The UCLA Voting Rights Project, housed within the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs and affiliated with the UCLA School of Law and the College Division of Social Sciences, was founded in 2018 as a pilot program by Matt Barreto, the VRP’s faculty director, and Chad Dunn, the project’s legal director, to combine legal and political science perspectives on voting rights. Read more...
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October 30, 6:41 pm
Prop 1 seeks to fund affordable housing, raises fiscal concerns for Californians
A $11.25 billion bond on the November ballot aims to fund the construction of affordable housing, including for veterans and UC students. The measure, if passed, would provide subsidies for up to 40,000 new affordable homes, according to the Legislative Analyst’s Office. Read more...
Campus, News, Science & Health
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October 29, 11:17 pm
Student-run club strengthens musculoskeletal healthcare with events, screenings
A group of UCLA students are taking their fitness knowledge outside of the gym and into the healthcare field. BareBones, a student-run club founded in October 2024, aims to provide personalized musculoskeletal care – healthcare that focuses on bones, muscles, joints, ligaments and tendons – to underserved communities. Read more...
Academics, Campus, News, Student Government
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October 28, 11:08 pm
USAC Recap – Oct. 27
The Undergraduate Students Association Council approved two community service bylaw changes, allocated missing funding for an Elections Board position and heard a presentation on a new $3 million federal grant at its Oct. Read more...
A Closer Look, Campus, Los Angeles, News
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October 28, 5:15 pm
Meet the students canvassing for Nithya Raman
Noor Baber said helping her immigrant parents navigate the American voting process reinforced her belief in the power of political participation. Now, as a student canvassing for Los Angeles mayoral candidate Nithya Raman, Baber is encouraging fellow UCLA students to get involved too, ahead of the Nov. Read more...
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October 27, 10:30 pm
Behind the science are stories. UCLA students launch LENS journal to tell them
UCLA students launched a new publication Monday that aims to raise awareness about environmental issues through storytelling. Written, edited and peer-reviewed entirely by undergraduate students, LENS: The Journal of Environmental Narratives allows students to display their creative and scholarly environmental work at the Institute of the Environment and Sustainability. Read more...