The Undergraduate Students Association Council allocated more than $120,000 to student groups and appointed students to the USA Elections Board at its Jan. 20 meeting. USAC is the official student government representing the undergraduate student body at UCLA. Read more...
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January 23, 12:11 am
Annual World Languages Day event celebrates linguistic diversity at UCLA
More than 100 people gathered Wednesday in Wilson Plaza to eat Persian food, practice Chinese calligraphy and watch traditional performances as part of World Languages Day. Read more...
Photo: Community members attend UCLA’s World Languages Day event in Wilson Plaza. The annual event highlighted various language programs, study abroad options and post-graduation employment opportunities for multilingual students. (Elle Smith/Daily Bruin)
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January 22, 6:50 pm
UCLA to turn Weyburn Terrace from graduate to undergraduate housing
This post was updated Jan. 25 at 9:30 p.m. Weyburn Terrace will be converted into undergraduate housing over the next three years, UCLA Housing announced in a Jan. Read more...
Photo: Weyburn Terrace is pictured. UCLA Housing announced in a Jan. 14 email to residents that Weyburn Terrace will be converted into undergraduate housing over the next three years. (Crystal Tompkins/Daily Bruin senior staff)
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January 22, 5:26 pm
LA Metro approves Sepulveda Pass heavy rail plan with UCLA stop
Editor’s note: This article, its photo caption and its headline were updated Jan. 25 at 7:58 p.m. to remove the description of the Sepulveda Transit Corridor project as a “high-speed rail” line. Read more...
Photo: The 405 Freeway is pictured. The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority unanimously approved a multibillion dollar heavy rail plan through the Sepulveda Pass – which includes a stop on UCLA’s campus – Thursday. (Leydi Cris Cobo Cordon/Daily Bruin senior staff)
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January 22, 1:53 pm
UC Board of Regents approves dismissal of tenured ecology professor
This post was updated Jan. 25 at 9:22 p.m. The UC Board of Regents approved the dismissal of a tenured UCLA professor Wednesday. Priyanga Amarasekare, an ecology and evolutionary biology professor who began at UCLA in 2005, was initially suspended in 2022 for a year without pay by then-Chancellor Gene Block. Read more...
Photo: The UC Board of Regents meets in January at the Meyer and Renee Luskin Conference Center. The Regents approved the dismissal of a tenured UCLA professor Wednesday. (Joice Ngo/Daily Bruin)
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January 18, 9:49 pm
UCPD arrests man near Kaufman Hall following anti-Muslim threats to Iranian student
UCPD arrested a man outside Kaufman Hall on Friday after he allegedly made threatening comments against Muslim people to an Iranian student. Ashley Sarooie, who asked to be referred to by her middle and last name, said she was walking on the grass outside the Student Activities Center when a man walked up to her and asked if she was Iranian. Read more...
Photo: The front entrance to the Student Activities Center is pictured. UCPD arrested a man outside Kaufman hall, across from the SAC, on Friday. (Andrew Ramiro Diaz/Photo editor)
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January 17, 11:52 pm
It’s their forte: For many, Hill pianos are the key to stress relief
This post was updated Jan. 19 at 9:23 p.m. Yeonjun Kim, a trained pianist of 12 years, is used to playing his instrument alone. But the second-year bioengineering student has found that when he plays the public pianos on the Hill, his solo piano sessions sometimes become more social affairs. Read more...
Photo: (Shimi Goldberger/Daily Bruin Staff)