A mental health street team helped students handle Election Day stress outside Ackerman Union on Nov. 5.
Octave, a mental health service with a clinic based in Westwood, organized outreach teams outside UCLA voting centers at both Ackerman Union and the Hammer Museum on Election Day, providing resources such as breathing exercises and access to therapy to help students manage their political stress.

UCLA students expressed disappointment and optimism at a Bruin Democrats election watch party Nov 5.
The Bruin Democrats at UCLA hosted a watch party at Royce Hall for students to follow along and react together to the election results as they came in.

This post was updated Nov. 24 at 10:28 p.m.
November’s election will impact many of Annabelle Shen’s friends, even though she cannot vote.
“Some of my friends, they want to immigrate here, so maybe they will follow the policies and the elections,” said Shen, a fourth-year geography student from China.

The biophysics community gathered for a symposium to celebrate the life of former UCLA faculty member Alex Levine from Nov. 4 to Nov. 6.
The event consisted of presentations from soft matter physicists and engineers, including some of Levine’s closest friends.

Voters have decided on all propositions on the 2024 California ballot.
Californians voted on 10 propositions this year, which included policy changes on state spending, crime, healthcare, housing and the minimum wage.

SAN FRANCISCO – The UC Board of Regents heard public comment from community members calling for the University to divest from companies associated with the Israeli military, prevent antisemitism and freeze nonresident tuition.