A booth of student leaders and community members on Bruin Walk Thursday educated students about their health care options in light of changes to university and national health insurance policies in recent months. Read more...
Photo: First-year marine biology student Julien Kuhn de Chizelle works at a booth on Bruin Walk, informing students about health insurance options.
Students can now obtain funding for supplies needed for cultural events and programming from the Cultural Programming Mini Fund, housed in the undergraduate student government. The Undergraduate Students Association Council Cultural Affairs Commission expanded the resources covered by the fund this quarter to better help students afford to put on cultural events, said Jessica Trumble, Cultural Affairs commissioner. Read more...
Restaurants, shops and food trucks in downtown Los Angeles may experience a boost in sales Sunday from bicyclists and runners exploring the streets at the car-free event CicLAvia, said researchers at the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs. Read more...
UCLA Transportation recently installed eight new electronic bike lockers near the UCLA Kinross Building in Westwood. The lockers cost about $20,000 and are meant to encourage cycling amongst UCLA students and employees and prevent bike theft in the area, said David Karwaski, the senior associate director of events and transportation at UCLA. Read more...
Rachelle Crosbie-Watson tries to live her life as an experiment. Whether it is throwing out her teaching plans, motorcycling across the Texas Hill Country or dyeing her hair pink, the UCLA professor is constantly looking for opportunities to try something new. Read more...
Photo: Professor Rachelle Crosbie-Watson likes to experiment – even with her hair.
See what’s happening on your campus this weekend: TodayOCHC Movie Night #1A movie screening of “Despicable Me 2” presented by the On Campus Housing Council.De Neve Learning Auditorium7 p.m.Eighth Annual Latina/o Education Summit: Fisher v. Read more...
University of California President Janet Napolitano is scheduled to visit UCLA and meet with students and administrators next week, one in a line meetings with the UC community she has undertaken in her first days as president. Read more...
