Students can engage in social change with a hands-on approach through a new undergraduate major. The UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs announced its first undergraduate major, public affairs, in April. Read more...
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January 27, 11:49 pm
UCLA’s East and West African communities come together for a week of unity
Nearly 40 UCLA students from across the continent of Africa gathered in Rieber Hall last week to promote unity between African student groups on campus. The UCLA East African Student Association and Nigerian Student Association at UCLA held their first annual East Meets West Week from Tuesday to Friday. Read more...
Photo: Members of the UCLA East African Student Association and Nigerian Student Association at UCLA are working together to learn about each other’s cultural differences. The groups said they hope to unite African communities on campus. (Tanmay Shankar/Daily Bruin)
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January 27, 11:33 pm
Dashew Center’s new student collective doubles as artistic, social avenue
International students can learn and teach art skills while socializing at a new art collective. The UCLA Dashew Center for International Students and Scholars launched a drop-in art and writing collective Wednesday. Read more...
Photo: The UCLA Dashew Center for International Students and Scholars will host biweekly meetings for a new art and writing collective aimed at international students to learn about art and socialize. (Daily Bruin file photo)
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January 27, 3:32 pm
USAC recap – Jan. 22
The Undergraduate Students Association Council is the official student government representing the undergraduate student body at UCLA. Council meetings take place every Tuesday at 7 p.m. Read more...
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January 24, 11:46 pm
Student organization hosts event to raise awareness of gun violence campaign
UCLA students signed and stamped their handprints to a mural installation to promote gun control at an event Thursday. Bruins for a Safer America, a bipartisan student organization that advocates for gun reform, partnered with the shoe company Toms to host the event to raise awareness about their #EndGunViolenceTogether campaign. Read more...
Photo: Bruins for a Safer America, a bipartisan student organization that advocates for gun reform, partnered with the shoe company Toms to host the event to raise awareness about their #EndGunViolenceTogether campaign. (Amy Dixon/Photo editor)
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January 24, 12:17 am
USAC scholarship attempts to tackle textbook affordability issues
Alex Saucedo said he sometimes had to choose between being able to purchase the required textbooks for his classes and having food to eat for the day. Read more...
Photo: The Undergraduate Students Association Council Financial Supports Commission gave 40 students scholarships in the form of $50 gift cards to help pay for textbooks. Over 130 students applied. (Daily Bruin file photo)
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January 22, 12:42 am
Assistant professor of Italian wins prestigious publication award
When Andrea Moudarres developed his doctoral dissertation at Yale University, he did not expect that it would one day turn into an award-winning manuscript. Moudarres, an assistant professor of Italian at UCLA, was recently awarded the 21st annual Aldo and Jeanne Scaglione Publication Award for a Manuscript in Italian Literary Studies. Read more...
Photo: Andreas Moudarres, an assistant professor of Italian at UCLA, was recently awarded the 21st annual Aldo and Jeanne Scaglione Publication Award for a Manuscript in Italian Literary Studies. He received the award for his manuscript “The Enemy in Italian Renaissance Epic: Images of Hostility from Dante to Tasso.” (Edward Savaria, Jr., courtesy of the Modern Language Association)