Outgoing University of California President Mark Yudof steered the University through one of the most unpredictable financial periods in its 145-year history. Read more...
Photo: University of California President Mark Yudof will be replaced by U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano next week. Yudof has seen the University through years of budget cuts and financial woes.
John Joanino, president of the Undergraduate Students Association Council,recently talked with Daily Bruin campus editor Amanda Schallert about his upcoming year on the council and the work USAC has undertaken this summer. Read more...
Alpha Gamma Delta, a sorority with a long history at UCLA that has been dormant for more than 30 years, is set to begin recruitment again this fall and reopen its sorority house. Read more...
Photo: The Alpha Gamma Delta sorority will reopen its UCLA chapter this fall after it was closed in 1982 because of low membership. The organization is also opening other chapters around Southern California.
Nicole Robinson is the president of the UCLA Graduate Student Association. Robinson recently talked with Daily Bruin Campus Editor Amanda Schallert about GSA initiatives for the upcoming school year, problems facing graduate students and funding for graduate programs and fellowships. Read more...
He started at UCLA 28 years ago as a teenager from a poor part of Los Angeles, a former gang member who had seen his friends fall to gunshots and knives while still in high school. Read more...
Photo: Jose Buktaw finished his final classes at UCLA to secure a better job to support his family of eight. He waited until midnight, when the house was quiet enough, to finish his homework.
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...
