This post was updated July 9 at 12:35 p.m. UCLA researchers will launch a new app that aims to better understand the campus climate, which includes a variety of factors that contribute to students’ experience at UCLA. Read more...
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July 8, 11:20 pm
UCLA faculty member remembered for contributions to LGBTQ studies, dance
Doran George had a distinctive and infectious laugh that their friends and colleagues said was outrageous. “Anybody that you speak to could mimic their laugh. It was pure joy and you never knew when it was coming,” said Dan Froot, a professor in the world arts and cultures/dance department. Read more...
Photo: Doran George, a UCLA alumnus and former faculty member in the LGBTQ Studies Program and the department of world arts and cultures/dance, died in November 2017.(Courtesy of UCLA LGBTQ Studies Program)
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July 8, 11:16 pm
UCLA Extension relocating to make room for new student housing
UCLA Extension is relocating its administrative building to make room for new student housing. UCLA Extension began moving from its location at Le Conte Avenue on June 26 and is scheduled to complete the relocation process by July 13, according to a university press release. Read more...
Photo: UCLA Extension will relocate from its original location at Le Conte Avenue to offices on Gayley Avenue and Wilshire Boulevard. (MacKenzie Coffman/Assistant Photo editor)
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July 1, 11:52 pm
Authorities, students review UCLA’s responses to emergency situations
During the Skirball fires in December, students received security alerts to their phones and emails about campus safety, class schedules and potential actions regarding evacuations. The BruinAlert system provides security updates via text message and email to students, faculty and staff and is regulated by the UCLA Office of Emergency Management. Read more...
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July 1, 11:29 pm
Campuswide speaker system to be installed, facilitate emergency announcements
UCLA will install speakers on campus next year to make announcements during emergencies. The UCLA Office of Emergency Management will implement a new speaker system along poles and buildings on Bruin Walk in 2019 in order to issue immediate emergency alerts about situations, such as fires or active shooters, said OEM director Art Kirkland, in a June interview. Read more...
Photo: The UCLA Office of Emergency Management plans to install speakers throughout campus in 2019 to issue immediate alerts in emergency situations, such as fires or active shooters. (MacKenzie Coffman/Assistant Photo editor)
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June 25, 12:04 am
Campus programs capitalize on allocated funding to combat food insecurity
Food security programs at UCLA taught students how to cook and expanded student efforts to fight food insecurity on campus following a funding allocation from the University of California. Read more...
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June 25, 12:02 am
UCLA students, incarcerated individuals discuss social justice in joint classes
When she was 11 years old, Rosie Rios mobilized members of her community to protest the bulldozing of her neighborhood. Rios’ passion for advocacy manifests itself in her work as the administrative director for the UCLA Prison Education Program, where she engages incarcerated individuals and UCLA students in discussions about art, social justice and advocacy. Read more...
Photo: (Courtesy of Rosie Rios)