The Undergraduate Students Association Council is the official student government representing the undergraduate student body at UCLA. Council meetings take place every Tuesday at 7 p.m. Read more...
Campus, News, Student Government
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March 8, 2:52 pm
USAC recap – March 5
News, Student Government
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March 8, 2:36 pm
GSA recap – March 6
The Graduate Students Association is the voice of graduate students on campus. The association meets for forum every three weeks and takes positions on current issues affecting graduate students. Read more...
National, News, UC
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March 8, 12:39 am
Trump’s emergency declaration spurs dialogue regarding implications for UC
UCLA student leaders said they oppose President Donald Trump’s national emergency declaration and promised to stand by minority groups. Trump announced a national emergency Feb. 15 at the U.S.-Mexico border to access the billions of dollars for a border wall that Congress denied him. Read more...
Photo: Trump announced a national emergency Feb. 15 at the United States-Mexico border to access the billions of dollars for a border wall that Congress denied him. A coalition of 16 states, led by California, filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration Feb. 18. (Creative Commons photo by Steven Pavlov)
News, Science & Health
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March 8, 12:37 am
UCLA researchers help develop new, more durable aerogel insulator
UCLA researchers invented a new aerogel that that can withstand quick temperature changes, offering a better way to insulate spacecrafts traveling to planets with extreme conditions. Read more...
Photo: Current aerogels used in spacecrafts crack under extended exposure to high temperatures, requiring scientists to frequently replace the insulator or abandon the technology altogether. The new aerogel called hBN aerogel that can withstand quick temperature changes. (Courtesy of Xiangfeng Duan and Xiang Xu)
A Closer Look, Campus, News
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March 8, 12:36 am
Students with dependents explain daily challenges balancing college and parenthood
Kristen Payne had a 5-year-old daughter when she started school at UCLA. She said taking care of her daughter doubled her workload as a student. “You go through this routine of getting yourself ready, then getting them ready, making sure that everybody has everything they need,” Payne said. Read more...
Photo: Jenneffer Vazquez Moran, a fourth-year human biology and society student and mother of two, said it is not always easy to find resources for students with dependents on campus. (Kanishka Mehra/Daily Bruin)
News, Westwood
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March 8, 12:32 am
Metro amends subway extension budget to $3.2 billion
This post was updated March 11 at 4:40 p.m. The Metro Board amended the budget of The LA Metro Purple Line Extension Project from $1.4 billion to $3.2 billion at its meeting Feb. Read more...
Photo: The Purple Line is currently being extended to connect Westwood to Downtown Los Angeles. The cost of the project was recently raised from $1.4 billion to $3.2 billion. (Daily Bruin file photo)
Campus, News, UC
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March 8, 12:23 am
UC opposes academic researchers union, cites lack of ‘community of interest’
University of California academic researchers applied for union representation, but the UC is objecting to the proposed unionization. United Auto Workers Local 5810, a union representing over 6,500 postdoctoral researchers at the UC, submitted a petition to California Public Employment Relations Board in September to add academic researchers to the union under a separate bargaining unit called Academic Researchers United. Read more...
Photo: University of California academic researchers applied to join a union representing postdoctoral researchers. The UC has opposed the move. Academic researchers are a broad group of researchers who are neither postdocs nor tenure-track faculty members. (Courtesy of Academic Researchers United)