The UC is considering transitioning all its campuses to a common semester calendar – but some faculty members are concerned about costs, workload and a lack of staff input. Read more...
Photo: The Bruin Bear in Bruin Plaza is pictured. The UC is considering transitioning all its campuses – including UCLA – to a common semester calendar. (Daily Bruin file photo)
Raffi Simonian wanted to give students experience in solving real-world business and technology problems. That’s why he decided to lead the UCLA Epicenter, which partners with companies to create quarterly Innovation Challenges – hands-on projects where student teams try to solve real world issues in fields like data science, marketing, e-commerce and sales – said Simonian, the program’s director. Read more...
Photo: Simonian presenting the format of the 2023 Fall Innovation Challenge to students interested in participating. Simonian leads the UCLA Epicenter, which partners with companies to create quarterly Innovation Challenges. (Courtesy of UCLA Epicenter)
Los Angeles Metro officials discussed preliminary costs and scheduling for the Sepulveda Transit Corridor Project at a May community meeting Thursday. The meeting, held at the Westwood United Methodist Church, included information stations about the different stages of the Sepulveda Transit Corridor Project – a plan to expand accessible public transit from the San Fernando Valley to West LA through the Sepulveda Pass – as well as a presentation and Q&A session with LA Metro. Read more...
Photo: Community meeting attendees hear a presentation about costs and scheduling for the Sepulveda Transit Corridor Project. The LA Metro plans to connect the Westside and San Fernando Valley through either a monorail or heavy rail transit route. (Gabrielle Gillette/Daily Bruin senior staff)
The North Westwood Neighborhood Council heard updates on Los Angeles budget cuts and the revised design proposal for the Westwood location of Raising Cane’s Chicken Fingers on May 7. Read more...
Maya Abdallah stopped eating May 9 in support of Palestine. Eight days later, she left campus in an ambulance after losing consciousness from hunger. Abdallah, a third-year film and television student, went on a hunger strike to demand that the university divest from companies associated with the Israeli military and disclose its financial investments. Read more...
Photo: Maya Abdallah, a third-year film and television student, wears a shirt marking the seventh day of her hunger strike. Abdallah went on a nine-day hunger strike to demand that the university divest from companies associated with the Israeli military and disclose its investments. (Courtesy of Maya Abdallah)
This post was updated June 1 at 11:59 p.m. Los Angeles Metro will soon have its first chief of police and emergency management. Metro announced in a May 7 statement that William Scott, who was the San Francisco Police Department’s chief for eight years and worked for LAPD for 27 years, will lead the new Transit Community Public Safety Department. Read more...
Photo: A Los Angeles Metro train waits at a station. Metro appointed its first chief of police and emergency management in May. (Daily Bruin file photo)
This post was updated June 2 at 12:03 a.m. Arjun Pathiyal won a position on the North Westwood Neighborhood Council as an undergraduate student board member in April. Read more...
Photo: Arjun Pathiyal is pictured. The second-year political science student became an undergraduate student board member on the North Westwood Neighborhood Council in April. (Courtesy of Arjun Pathiyal)
