Opinion
May 18, 2020 6:30 p.m.UCLA’s emergency response has improved since Getty fire but must be standardized
In planning for inherently unpredictable disasters, some measures are better than others.
When the Getty fire threatened UCLA’s campus last fall, some expressed concern over the university’s communication efforts.
By Pamela Rayburn
Opinion
March 4, 2020 10:21 p.m.UCLA should be transparent about discrepancies between professors, lecturers
UCLA instructors are world-renowned, but, with the rise of temporary work and the gig economy, lecturers are facing more and more uncertain odds.
There are two types of instructors at most universities – and the title matters.
By Pamela Rayburn
Opinion
Feb. 5, 2020 11:37 p.m.Diversity courses are step in right direction but could be more major-inclusive
This post was updated Feb. 13 at 4:15 p.m.
Pick up a UCLA brochure, and you’re bound to find words like “optimism,” “inclusion” and “diversity.”
But when it comes to the classroom, UCLA has a chance at making diversity mean something beyond a slogan.
By Pamela Rayburn
Campus
Jan. 17, 2020 12:50 a.m.UCLA environmental organization looks to make sustainability more financially viable
A UCLA student organization wants to help businesses run clean and green.
Clean Consulting, a student-led environmental consulting group, examines and suggests ways on-campus and off-campus organizations can be more sustainable.
By Pamela Rayburn
A Closer Look
Nov. 21, 2019 12:33 a.m.Ethnic studies forum examines model minorities and school segregation
erin Khuê Ninh, an associate professor of Asian American studies at UC Santa Barbara, told a story about a student who pretended he was at medical school at UC Irvine for five years.
By Pamela Rayburn
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