After years of planning and months of construction, the much anticipated Wolfgang Puck Express opened its frosted glass doors in Ackerman Union last week. The casual dining restaurant, which is one of the first to serve alcohol on campus, officially opened on the first floor of Ackerman Union Sept. Read more...
Photo: Wolfgang Puck Express opened on the first floor of Ackerman Union on Sept. 18 after almost a year of construction.
Healthy eating for Eve Lahijani means having a cookie every now and then. Lahijani, a nutrition health educator at the Bruin Resource Center is one of two people who teach the fiat lux, “Cosmo Says You’re Fat? Read more...
Photo: Health educator Eve Lahijani will teach a Fiat Lux about body image and eating disorders this fall.
Lost purses, a dozen poisoned dead fish and every so often, a deadly weapon are stored in Laura Rippstein’s office. Rippstein works in the university police’s property department, a strictly secured room on the bottom floor of the police department’s building on Westwood Plaza. Read more...
Photo: Laura Rippstein serves as a gatekeeper for the UCPD’s property department, where all evidence from police investigations and lost items from around campus are securely stored. The department houses more than 3,000 items, Rippstein said.
The University of California launched a systemwide crowdfunding campaign sponsored by University leaders and some prominent celebrities. Read more...
Photo: More than a hundred people have already made pledges on the Promise for Education website, including celebrities like Jamie Foxx, who has promised to “rap a song like Bill Clinton, President Obama and Monique from the movie ‘Precious.'”
The Undergraduate Students Association Council is the official student government of UCLA’s undergraduate students. Council meetings are Tuesdays at 7 p.m. in Kerckhoff 417 and are open to all students. Read more...
SAN FRANCISCO — The University of California Board of Regents has approved a total of $620,000 in renovations and maintenance to update the historic UC presidential residence in Contra Costa County. Read more...
The University of California Board of Regents approved $3.15 million in preliminary funding today for an engineering building at UCLA. The building, called the Engineering VI – Phase 2 building, would be built adjacent to the Engineering VI – Phase 1 building already under construction in Westwood Plaza. Read more...
