UCLA students launched a new publication Monday that aims to raise awareness about environmental issues through storytelling.
Written, edited and peer-reviewed entirely by undergraduate students, LENS: The Journal of Environmental Narratives allows students to display their creative and scholarly environmental work at the Institute of the Environment and Sustainability.

UCLA announced this month that it will expand the number and operating hours of essential health vending machines on campus.
The Be Well Bruin Express – launched by UCLA Arthur Ashe Student Health and Wellness Center and UCLA’s Health Education and Resource Team in partnership with UCLA Vending Services – is stocked with a variety of health-related products and operates 24 hours a day outside the Ashe Center.

This post was updated Oct. 29 at 11:11 p.m.
Ahead of the 2026 midterm elections, a UCLA class is exploring how music artists are shaping civic engagement across the United States.

This post was updated Oct. 30 at 10:21 p.m.
UCLA Library dissolved its data consultation center and stopped offering data analysis services in August.
UCLA Library consolidated the Data Science Center into its research services unit as part of a broader effort to restructure the department, a spokesperson said in an emailed statement.

This post was updated Oct. 27 at 5:17 p.m.
First-year psychobiology student Sophie Tran told her parents not to visit campus for Bruin Family Weekend this year.

UCLA’s Sigma Nu chapter told the university from 2023-26 that it had fundraised at least $100,000 each year – the highest amount reported among all Greek life chapters.

This post was updated Oct. 20 at 10:55 p.m.
Students celebrated Filipino and Latino culture at an art gallery in Kerckhoff Hall on Oct. 14.
The Filipinx/Latinx Art Gallery was hosted in partnership between three Cultural Affairs Commission programs – The Word on Wednesday, WorldFest and Art Series – and Empowering Latines Against Struggle, a student-run cultural organization.