Seven UCLA students traveled to Washington, D.C., with UCLA’s Federal Relations Office on Monday to advocate for a consistent level of funding for Pell Grants and federal loans. Read more...
Photo: Students advocated for Pell Grant funding at an event in Washington, D.C., with UCLA’s Federal Relations Office. (Courtesy of Sarah P. Ervin)
Esaw Garner, wife of the late Eric Garner, encouraged students to vote and get involved in the movement against police brutality at a reception on campus Wednesday. Read more...
Photo: Esaw Garner, wife of Eric Garner, was the keynote speaker at the Community Programs Office’s annual community reception, which had the theme “Resistance is Us” this year. (Heidy Cadena/Daily Bruin)
A report released Tuesday found several irregularities to a study co-authored by a UCLA graduate student and a professor at Columbia University. Donald Green, a professor of political science, and Michael LaCour published the study in December in the journal Science. Read more...
Photo: Michael LaCour, a UCLA graduate student, confessed to falsifying details of the data collection process in a study published in Science magazine last December, according to a report released Tuesday. (Courtesy of UCLA)
The undergraduate student government council voted unanimously Tuesday to authorize the Finance Committee to investigate leaked LET’S ACT! documents that allege members of the slate used students fees to fund election campaigns. Read more...
Photo: Undergraduate student government Finance Committee Chair Cindy Wang will lead the investigation of the leaked LET’S ACT! documents. (Owen Emerson/Daily Bruin)
The Undergraduate Students Association Council is the official student government representing the undergraduate student body at UCLA. Council meetings take place every week on Tuesdays at 7 p.m. Read more...
Dylan Miceli-Nelson took his final steps when he was 14 years old. Doctors diagnosed him with Duchenne muscular dystrophy, or DMD, when he was 3 years old. Read more...
Photo: UCLA professors Stanley Nelson and Carrie Miceli launched the Be Reasonable campaign to persuade the Food and Drug Administration to grant accelerated approval for drugs for Duchenne muscular dystrophy. (Kristen Payne/Daily Bruin)
The Westwood Community Council meets several times a year to discuss issues relevant to the Westwood Village business and residential community. Susan Pollack, senior vice president of development for the Special Olympics World Games committee, asked for councilmembers’ support to help fundraise and increase attendance for the World Games, which will be hosted in Los Angeles in about two month. Read more...
