Associated Students UCLA is a multimillion-dollar organization that provides student services and activities the university does not fund. It oversees the Undergraduate Students Association Council, Graduate Students Association, Communications Board, campus services and enterprises.

The University of California announced Tuesday it is forming a coalition with other universities to help combat climate change.
The University Climate Change Coalition consists of 13 North American research universities that have committed to advocating for a low-carbon future.

Two UCLA researchers received a $3.1 million grant to develop a new technology to treat prostate cancer.
The National Institutes of Health awarded a grant to Leonard Marks, a professor of urology at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, and Shyam Natarajan, an adjunct assistant professor of urology, surgery and bioengineering at the Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science, to support their five-year research in prostate cancer.

Colorful clothing donation bins will be available throughout campus beginning next week.
Good Clothes Good People, a nonprofit organization that gives donations back to local communities, and the Bruin Visual Arts Club, which provides resources for UCLA arts students, painted clothing donation bins at Royce Quad on Monday as part of a project to encourage more individuals to donate clothes.

Arielle Mokhtarzadeh, president:
Platforms: Mokhtarzadeh promised to work with alumni associations and the UCLA Career Center to secure internships for current Bruins. She promised to help reform University of California policies on sexual violence and sexual harassment.

Thinley Huang said students’ intelligence should not be defined by grades but by their ability to treat others kindly.
“Part of it is being unassuming of people you meet and choosing to be kind to them because you don’t know what they went through,” said Huang, a first-year computer science student.

Students from different parts of the world shared their experiences with developing a personal identity at an event Monday.
Several campus offices, including the Dashew Center for International Students and Scholars and the UCLA International Education Office, partnered with Powell Library to host “Conversation Cafe,” which facilitated discussions between students about the struggles of finding a sense of belonging in a foreign country.

This post was updated Nov. 8 at 8:27 p.m.
The Undergraduate Students Association Council is the official student government representing the undergraduate student body at UCLA.