Fewer students will attend UCLA Volunteer Day this year because the event has reduced the number of locations volunteers will be visiting. Students will visit 31 locations instead of 49, like last year, for this year’s Volunteer Day, an annual volunteering event for incoming students, said Ashley Love-Smith, the interim director of the UCLA Volunteer Center. Read more...
Photo: Volunteer Day will reduce the number of volunteer locations this year. (Daily Bruin file photo)
Students can now apply for a new doctoral program that aims to provide a more interdisciplinary approach to environmental sustainability. The UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability’s environment and sustainability Ph.D program is a research-oriented program starting in fall 2018 that allows students to develop customized programs and courses to develop their knowledge and conduct research in environmental sustainability. Read more...
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Students will soon be able to study after midnight at a new study space in Kerckhoff Hall. The study space, which will be located at the Academic Affairs Commission Office in Kerckhoff 310, will open to students Wednesday. Read more...
Photo: A new study space will provide students snacks and a place for them to study after midnight. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)
More aggravated and sexual assaults were reported on or near campus in 2016 while the number of burglaries stayed around the same as 2015, according to an annual university report. Read more...
This post was updated Oct. 2 at 9:33 p.m. A caucus aimed at helping social welfare graduate students learn about mental health will hold its first meeting Thursday. Read more...
Photo: Guillermo Ojeda and Macy Ragole are creating the Mental Health Caucus to provide collaboration and networking opportunities in mental health for graduate students studying social welfare. (Michael Zshornack/Photo editor)
Students across the University of California are working to improve resources for students with disabilities through a new two-year project. Student delegates voted to pass a campaign called Demanding Disability Resources and Diversification, or #WeAre3D, at the UC Student Association’s UC Student Organizing Summit in September. Read more...
Photo: UC student delegates presented a new campaign called #WeAre3D, which was selected as the top choice at this summer’s Student Organizing Summit. Different student leaders will carry out the campaign’s mission at their individual UC campuses. (Courtesy of Cristobal Alberto)
Associated Students UCLA is a multimillion-dollar organization that provides student services and activities that the university does not fund. It oversees the Undergraduate Students Association Council, Graduate Students Association, Communications Board, campus services and enterprises. Read more...
