Thursday, April 23

UCLA ORL holds contest for new theme community on the Hill

The UCLA Office of Residential Life recently opened their yearly theme community contest, allowing students to submit ideas for new themed floors on the Hill. The contest is part of an effort to provide more options for students to discover a community at UCLA, said Zan Tansey, the resident director at Rieber Hall. Read more...


What’s happening at UCLA this weekend: Nov. 1-3

See what’s happening on your campus this weekend: Today Classical guitarist Payam Larijani Longtime “Music in the Rotunda” concert series performer and UCLA alumnus Payam Larijani will perform with UCLA alumna Tiffany Wu and others in a classical guitar performance, featuring compositions by Heitor Villa-Lobos, Isaac Albéniz, Francisco Tárrega, Erik Satie, Domenico Scarlatti and others . Read more...




New plan aims to improve transparency in club financing

Undergraduate student government officials are tightening their auditing policies to make sure student groups spend funds allocated to them more efficiently. The Undergraduate Students Association Council Finance Committee will now require student groups who receive USAC contingency programming funding to report how they use the money, said Cynthia Jasso, chair of the Finance Committee. Read more...


UCLA Homecoming events to fund philanthropic causes

Some of the proceeds from this year’s UCLA Homecoming festivities will be donated to campus charities for the first time since Homecoming was reinstated two years ago. Read more...

Photo: Hundreds of students participated in last year’s Homecoming festivities. Some of the profits from this year’s events will go toward campus charities. UCLA Homecoming


Keilis-Borok remembered for earthquake prediction research

Vladimir Keilis-Borok, a professor emeritus in the UCLA Department of Earth and Space Sciences and an internationally known mathematical geophysicist and seismologist, died from a heart illness on Oct. Read more...

Photo: UCLA Professor Vladimir Keilis-Borok died from heart illness on Oct. 19 at his home in Culver City. The internationally known mathematical geophysicist and seismologist was 92.