Fair Trade Colleges & Universities designated UCLA a fair-trade university Monday. University officials and student groups worked for four years to complete the steps necessary to become a fair-trade school. Read more...
Photo: Student group E3 worked with university officials to complete the process of becoming a fair-trade school by promoting fair-trade products at UCLA. (Anisha Joshi/Daily Bruin)
UCLA officials appointed a law professor as interim dean for the division of social sciences Friday. Laura Gómez will temporarily replace Alessandro Duranti as dean of UCLA Division of Social Sciences on July 1, according to a statement to faculty and staff by Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Scott Waugh. Read more...
Photo: Law professor Laura Gómez will temporarily replace Alessandro Duranti as dean of UCLA Division of Social Sciences on July 1. (Courtesy of Todd Cheney)
Two electrical engineering doctoral students received a $100,000 fellowship to develop a way to increase the efficiency of data recovery from memory errors that are deemed uncorrectable. Read more...
Photo: Electrical engineering doctoral students Clayton Schoeny and Mark Gottscho won $100,000 to develop a way to recover data from memory errors. (Courtesy of Clayton Schoeny)
Throughout the school year, Will Conley spends many nights at UCLA, coaching students in his review sessions and greeting them not only with firm handshakes and polite hellos, but also hugs, requests for selfies and laughs. Read more...
Photo: Will Conley, an assistant adjunct professor of mathematics, won the My Last Lecture Award on Tuesday. (Kathy Chen/Daily Bruin)
Students in Jack Caughey’s class can turn in annotated McDonald’s menus and “interview” poems for class assignments. Caughey, a teaching assistant for English 4W: “Critical Reading and Writing,” encourages students to build their own syllabi. Read more...
Photo: Teaching assistant Jack Caughey said he allows his students to complete only the assignments that interest them. Caughey said he thinks when students choose their own paths in the course, their work is more creative. (Shelby Scoggins/Daily Bruin)
This post was updated Apr. 25 at 5:31 p.m. Editor’s note: The Daily Bruin updated the art for this story because the original photo was taken in violation of The Bruin’s policy. Read more...
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The Undergraduate Students Association Council is the official student government that represents the undergraduate student body at UCLA. Council meetings take place every Tuesday at 7 p.m. Read more...
