UCLA’s life sciences department is pressuring a student-run botanical club to vacate an educational greenhouse it has used for the past two years, students said.
The UCLA Botanical Club uses a greenhouse in the Plant Growth Center located near the UCLA Mathias Botanical Garden to maintain hundreds of plants, including dozens of orchid species, more than 30 species of carnivorous plants and California native plants, said Nikita Burger, the club’s 2025-26 president.

This post was updated April 30 at 11:28 pm.
Morton La Kretz, a UCLA alumnus and environmental philanthropist, died Jan. 31. He was 100.
La Kretz funded the 2018 renovation of the La Kretz Botany Building and the construction of La Kretz Hall – UCLA’s first building to receive LEED certification, which recognizes sustainable and cost-effective buildings – in 2005.

This post was updated April 14 at 11 p.m.
Aliza Pinon will soon be the first in her family to attend a four-year university.
Pinon, an admitted student from California’s Central Valley, was accepted to UCLA this spring – an accomplishment that she said was meaningful, coming from a high school with limited resources.

This post was updated Feb. 18 at 11:32 p.m.
Vibrant spotlights, R&B music and soul food filled De Neve Residential Restaurant on Thursday evening for its Black History Month Celebration Dinner.

This post was updated Nov. 18 at 10:45 p.m.
UCLA Dining is reducing the number of food trucks it offers on the Hill, sparking criticism from vendors and students.