USAC recap – Feb. 24

This post was updated March 15 at 4:15 p.m.
The Undergraduate Students Association Council approved three referendums to appear on its May ballot at its Feb.

Statistics lecturer develops, implements new AI teaching aide

The department of statistics and data science has a new teaching aide – only, it isn’t human.
Thomas Maierhofer, a lecturer in the department of statistics and data science, developed an artificial intelligence teaching aide to use in his Statistics 10 and 20 classes.

By Xasive Espinosa

Campus

Feb. 27, 2026 6:02 p.m.

Fee-increasing referendums pass USAC, await chancellor approval for May ballots

UCLA students may be able to vote on one of the Undergraduate Students Association Council’s costliest referendums this May.
USAC approved three referendums to appear on undergraduate students’ ballots in the May election – including the Bruin Success Referendum, Bruin Bash Referendum and Bruin Life and Undergraduate Experience Fee Referendum – at its Feb.

By Natalia Mochernak and Xasive Espinosa

Academics

Nov. 19, 2025 7:28 p.m.

GSA holds talk with Dean and Vice Provost of Graduate Education Brian Kite

This post was updated Nov. 21 at 4:28 p.m.
Graduate students expressed concern about funding cuts and rising housing costs at a meet and greet with the dean and vice provost of graduate education Nov.