The UC Student Association’s newly elected president is pushing to strengthen grassroots organizing and build closer ties between student organizations and University administrators.
The UCSA – a student-led organization that represents UC student governments – advocates for more than 230,000 undergraduate students across the University in system and statewide issues.

The Undergraduate Students Association Council’s 2026-27 transfer student representative wants to help transfer students access academic support and get them more involved in campus organizations.
Ashley Ma, a fourth-year labor studies student, spoke with campus politics editor Nicholas Mouchawar about her experience as a transfer student and her priorities for this academic year.

Drivers of the blue-and-yellow vans carrying Bruins around UCLA and Westwood have something in common with many of their passengers: They are often students, too.
The 20 to 25 student drivers are among a larger group of staffers who operate vans for BruinAccess and SafeRide, two UCLA Transportation services that provide curb-to-curb rides around campus and Westwood.

The UC is considering introducing an alternative standardized test in addition to the SAT and ACT for first-year undergraduate admissions.
The UC Academic Senate will decide whether or not to recommend reinstating the SAT and ACT for undergraduate admissions by June 2027.

Nineteen UCLA students spent the summer providing free medical care and medication supplies to residents in Quito, Ecuador, as part of a global health service trip.

This post was updated Sept. 15 at 7:07 p.m.
Dozens of physicians protested on campus at noon Tuesday to denounce the termination of a Medi-Cal contract that allowed low-income patients to access UCLA Health services.

This post was updated Sept. 13 at 11:24 p.m.
Chancellor Julio Frenk on Friday condemned a School of Law symposium that included a defense attorney who represented an alleged organizer of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.