Undergraduate Students Association Council officers said they have tried to fight for students’ interests amid the Trump administration’s grant cuts to UCLA.
The Trump administration suspended nearly 800 of UCLA’s research grants from the National Science Foundation, the United States Department of Energy and the National Institutes of Health in early July, alleging that UCLA allowed antisemitism, affirmative action and “men to participate in women’s sports.” Rita F.

The Undergraduate Students Association Council allocated over $100,000 in funding to internal and external organizations at its meeting Tuesday.
USAC is the official student government representing the undergraduate student body at UCLA.

Nicholas Reese was trying to conduct research for a student meal swipe donation initiative when he discovered multiple UCLA financial deficits that have gone unpublicized.
Reese, a third-year political science student, said he learned through his research and an administrator that UCLA’s dining budget was inflated and the administration was going to rely on unused student swipes to fund that deficit.

The incumbent Undergraduate Students Association Council Academic Affairs commissioner said he achieved success in the role this year during a debate Thursday.
The USA Elections Board and the Daily Bruin co-hosted a series of debates between candidates in the upcoming USAC election Wednesday and Thursday.

Both candidates for the Undergraduate Students Association Council Student Wellness commissioner highlighted their advocacy experience at a debate Wednesday.
The USA Elections Board and the Daily Bruin co-hosted a series of debates between candidates in the upcoming USAC election.

The Undergraduate Students Association Council unanimously passed a resolution urging ASUCLA to not cooperate with law enforcement during its fourth meeting of the quarter Tuesday.
USAC is the official student government representation of the entirety of the undergraduate student body at UCLA.

The ASUCLA Board of Directors held its ninth meeting of the 2024-2025 term March 15, approving the purchase of a $175,000 air conditioning unit for Lu Valle Commons.

A UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television alumnus will soon lead the school.
Celine Parreñas Shimizu, the dean of the Division of Arts at UC Santa Cruz, will begin her tenure as dean of TFT at UCLA on July 1, according to a Thursday announcement from Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Darnell Hunt.

This post was updated Jan. 22 at 11:04 a.m.
During its second winter quarter meeting – which was held virtually Jan. 14 – the Undergraduate Students Association Council allocated over $35,000 in funding with $20,000 going toward wildfire relief.