Noor Baber said helping her immigrant parents navigate the American voting process reinforced her belief in the power of political participation.
Now, as a student canvassing for Los Angeles mayoral candidate Nithya Raman, Baber is encouraging fellow UCLA students to get involved too, ahead of the Nov.

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.

The UC system’s primary confidential resource for survivors of sexual violence has an average of one professional advocate for every 12,000 students.
Campus Advocacy Resources & Education is the most trusted campus resource by survivors, according to a 2026 report by Survivors + Allies, a student-led organization that advocates for survivors of sexual violence.

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.

Californians will vote this November on whether to expand the state’s budget reserves.
Proposition 2, which will appear on the November ballot, was introduced by Democrat state legislators.

Ahead of the 2026 midterm elections, a UCLA class is exploring how music artists are shaping civic engagement across the United States.
In “Music 19: Pro-Democracy Music: Patriotic or Protest?” students learn how artists such as Ludwig van Beethoven, Bob Dylan and Beyoncé have used music to express their patriotism and voice their opinions about the government.

This story was updated Oct. 27 at 10:04 p.m.
The UC Board of Regents asked a judge Monday to dismiss a Department of Justice lawsuit accusing UCLA of allowing discrimination against Israeli and Jewish employees. 
The lawsuit, filed in February, alleged that UCLA allowed antisemitic protests on its campus following Palestinian political party and militant group Hamas’ attacks on Israel on Oct.