UCLA is expanding access to mental health services for community college students using a new, scalable and cost-effective care system.
The National Institute of Mental Health is funding UCLA’s ALACRITY Center through a $12 million five-year grant, said Kate Wolitzky-Taylor, co-director of the program and associate faculty of the Anxiety and Depression Research Center.

This post was updated August 7 at 11:17 p.m.
Over 100 students are completing internships and paying to receive academic credit for their work through 195CE courses this summer.

Around 60 students gathered at Wilson Plaza to conduct a lie-in demonstration Tuesday in response to recent mass shootings.
On May 24, an 18-year-old with two guns killed 19 students and two teachers at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, according to the Associated Press.

This post was updated June 5 at 3:19 p.m.
University of California community members and health professionals are arguing for expanded access and protection for reproductive health care in California.

This post was updated May 23 at 11:41 p.m.
The Undergraduate Students Association Council invited the USA Elections Board to discuss the privacy of anonymous sanction filing, voter turnout outreach, the elections board’s jurisdiction and the process of investigating candidate sanctions.

Until college, Mahika Nayak hadn’t realized how challenging it would be to find culturally specific resources for mental health.
The fourth-year neuroscience student said she felt it was difficult to seek resources or find a community where she could speak out about mental health, and many providers at the UCLA Counseling and Psychological Services center don’t always understand the cultural significance of certain stressors.

This post was updated May 30 at 10:57 p.m.
Asian American and Latino renters in California were substantially underrepresented among households that applied for and received rent assistance throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a UCLA study.

Looking forward to next year, the incoming Graduate Students Association officers plan to focus on issues such as housing, transportation, community and more.
The GSA elects four officers each year: president, vice president of internal affairs, vice president of external affairs and vice president of academic affairs.

More than a hundred students and local organizers gathered on campus in demonstrations to protect abortion rights Thursday.
On May 2, nationwide demonstrations took place after a leaked draft majority opinion indicated that the United States Supreme Court was planning to strike down the 1973 Roe v.

University of California community members said a bill simplifying the federal student financial aid application and increasing funding for the California Middle Class Scholarship will expand financial aid eligibility and work toward providing a debt-free education.