With midterms rapidly approaching – and for many, the first in-person midterm in more than a year – students discussed their experiences with the bell curve.

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Quinn O’Connor, a fourth-year theater student and co-founder of Disabled Student Union, said she is concerned by the lack of safety protocols for the return to in-person learning in the fall.

The Undergraduate Students Association Council discussed rehousing the Campus Retention Committee and Student Initiated Outreach Center projects from under the Community Programs Office.
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Justin Rodriguez, a fourth-year economics student, said he supports the council’s discussion about rehousing the CRC and SIOC projects from under the CPO.

This post was updated June 27 at 8:51 p.m.
Foster youth students at UCLA are calling on the University of California to increase access to affordable housing and trained staff to support foster student needs.

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Radha Patel, the chair of the California Public Interest Research Group Students UCLA chapter, said the organization recently elected its new board of directors and executive committee.

Henry Krasner remembers exactly when he learned about one of UCLA’s most important cultural quirks.
It was his new student orientation during one of his first meals on campus.

UCLA’s medical school received the second-highest funding nationally among academic medical centers in 2020 from the National Institutes of Health.
According to a UCLA Health press release, the David Geffen School of Medicine received around $590 million in grants from the NIH last year.

The Graduate Students Association is the voice of graduate students on campus. The association meets every three weeks and takes positions on current issues affecting graduate students.

This post was updated April 21 at 4:38 p.m.
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Ayona Hudson, a third-year African American studies and political science transfer student, said UCLA is not prioritizing transfer students for housing for the 2021-2022 school year.

This post was updated May 15 at 2:04 p.m.
The Undergraduate Students Association Council is launching a COVID-19 relief fund that will distribute more than $120,000 to undergraduate students financially impacted by the pandemic.