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May 30, 2026 11:21 a.m.
Melnitz Hall is pictured. UCLA film and television students filed a petition Tuesday in response to the department’s changes to its undergraduate narrative directing program. (Daily Bruin file photo)
UCLA’s School of Theater, Film and Television plans to reverse a controversial proposed change to its undergraduate narrative directing program, professors said Wednesday.
Administrators from the School of Theater, Film and Television initially announced in a May 7 email that students taking Undergraduate Film Production – a required course for students in the narrative directing concentration – would collectively only be allowed to make a maximum of eight films.
By Dylan Winward
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May 26, 2026 8:47 p.m.A diverse range of signs are scattered across UCLA’s 419-acre campus, from murals to traffic markers.
But behind the scenes, workers at UCLA’s sign shop spend weeks in the basement of the Facilities Management building creating the signs that guide students, faculty and visitors.
By Victor Simoes
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May 22, 2026 4:51 p.m.UCLA historians preserve documents, photos in ‘Power from the Past’ online archive
UCLA historians launched a revamped digital labor history archive in April, preserving materials from movements led by Southern California unions.
The Memory Work Research Initiative at UCLA – which the Institute for Research on Labor and Employment oversees – digitized documents, images and flyers on an online archive called Power from the Past.
By Julian Duaybis
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May 22, 2026 1:49 a.m.In Plain Sight: UCLA Marina Aquatic Center staff provides space for recreation, water sports
This post was updated May 22 at 1:54 a.m.
About 10 miles away from campus, staff at UCLA’s waterfront recreation center are providing a natural escape for students and veterans.
By Izzy Greig
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May 13, 2026 11:51 p.m.Students explore intersection of nature, health through ecological medicine class
Students in a UCLA Ecological Medicine seminar traded their classroom for the outdoors in spring quarter.
Conor Murray, the instructor for Psychiatry 186, led students through the Mildred E.
By Maanasi Kademani
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May 12, 2026 11:08 p.m.Nontraditional students find community, redefine the UCLA college experience
Most of Katie Hirahoka’s days begin at 3 a.m.
Hirahoka, a third-year economics student, needs the time to do her homework, drop her six-year-old son off at school and attend her own classes.
By Alisha Hassanali
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May 10, 2026 9:15 p.m.UCLA Alcanzar reaches underserved communities, provides educational access
This post was updated May 10 at 10:50 p.m.
A UCLA student-run educational club is looking to bridge educational gaps across Los Angeles K-12 schools.
UCLA Alcanzar – which means “to reach” in Spanish – is an organization that aims to support students from underserved communities and schools across LA.
By Jared Hernandez
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