The Undergraduate Students Association Council appointed Denea Joseph, a third-year political science student, to the University of California Student Association Board of Directors on Tuesday. Read more...
Photo: Denea Joseph, a third-year political science student, was appointed as a campus organizing director for the University of California Student Association.
Students identified what they described as eight unsafe “hotspots” on the UCLA campus in a website created last quarter for an honors class. They also suggested ways the university could improve campus safety in response to violent crimes around UCLA. Read more...
Going back to school at age 51, Jim Schiefelbein found juggling his time between work, class and family a “whole different kettle of fish.” When Schiefelbein enrolled at UCLA Extension to improve his consulting skills and learn more about the practice, about three decades had passed since his undergraduate years at Georgetown University. Read more...
Photo: Keynote Address speaker and UCLA Extension professor Fernando deMoraes (left) was awarded the Professional Achievement Award by Associate Dean Michelle Stiles (right) at the UCLA Extension certificate graduation Friday. (Jessica Zhou/Daily Bruin)
Jing Gong traveled to a rural Guatemalan village as a UCLA student for the third and last time this month, concluding a year-long student group project to improve water access in the area. Read more...
Photo: Students from UCLA’s student group, Engineers Without Borders in Chocantariy, Guatemala. (Courtesy of Niru Senthilkumar)
UCLA’s electrical engineering curriculum will undergo several changes in fall quarter to remove certain major requirements deemed unnecessary and include more introductory and design courses requested by students. Read more...
UCLA mathematics professor Terence Tao added another scholarly achievement to his collection last week. The Fields Medal recipient and MacArthur “Genius Grant” fellow won the Breakthrough Prize in Mathematics, earning him a $3 million prize. Read more...
Photo: UCLA mathematics professor Terence Tao won the Breakthrough Prize in Mathematics and $3 million last week. (Daily Bruin file photo)
On Saturday, the University of California Student Association called for an emergency meeting to discuss whether to look into allegations that Avi Oved, a student regent-designate nominee for the UC Board of Regents, submitted incomplete campaign finance reports when he ran for a UCLA undergraduate student government position in 2013. Read more...
