Wellness & Your Rights
Wellness
Health can have a dramatic impact on our ability to pursue educational advancement. To address this, we ask all students to take the time to look after themselves – from precautionary medical treatment/visits to addressing health issues before they escalate to seeking counseling. Please contact your own health providers or take advantage of services offered through UCLA Student Health.
If you are struggling with schoolwork, transitioning to college life, meeting financial obligations or any other reason, UCLA has additional resources to help you, including:
- Career Planning and Exploration (UCLA Career Center)
- Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) – Wellness Program
Without balance, burnout is inevitable. Students have access to mental health resources, from Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS), which has a satellite clinic in Boelter Hall, to the Resilience in Your Student Experience (RISE) Center. Typically, the Engineering satellite clinic is scheduled from weeks 5-10, on Wednesdays from 10 a.m.-12 p.m. and Thursdays from 2-4 p.m. In a virtual setting, students can access engineering-specific counselors from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. throughout the quarter. CAPS offers one-on-one therapy sessions, group therapy, and skills groups such as “Coping Throughout the Quarter,” “Break the Cycle of Anxiety” and “Progress Not Perfection.” - Disabilities – Center for Accessible Education (CAE)
- Emotional Well Being and Safety – In an emergency situation, call 911 or (310) 825-1491 from a cell phone.
- Fees – Registrar Financial Distress – A Resource Guide for Students
Your Rights
At UCLA, we strive to provide students resources to advocate for themselves in compliance with both the state and federal laws. If you feel you have experienced discrimination or think your rights may have been violated, please refer to the following resorcues for support:
- Resources for Racial Trauma
- Title IX, sexual harassment
- UCLA Equity, Diversity & Inclusion Incident Report (e.g. Title IX, Civil Rights, and Discrimination Prevention)
News
Researchers Infuse Bacteria with Silver to Improve Power Efficiency in Fuel Cells
A UCLA-led team of engineers and chemists has taken a major step forward in the development of microbial fuel cells — a technology that utilizes natural bacteria to extract electrons from organic matter in wastewater
2021-22 Welcome Message from Dean Jayathi Murthy
After more than a year of remote instruction, the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering will kick off the 2021-22 academic year by offering majority in-person classes. While continued vigilance and adherence to public health
Engineering Professor Receives Facebook Award in Privacy Learning and Statistics
Suhas Diggavi, a professor of electrical and computer engineering at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering, has received a 2021 Facebook Statistics for Improving Insights, Models and Decisions award for his research
Materials Scientist Receives DARPA Young Faculty Award to Advance Cooling Technologies
Aaswath Raman, a UCLA assistant professor of materials science and engineering, has received a 2021 Young Faculty Award from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
Discover UCLA Engineering Virtual Event Successfully Reaches New Students and Bolsters Enrollment
Every year, the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering welcomes its newly admitted students and their families to a day of discovery where they get to connect with faculty, staff,
First-Gen Latinx Engineering Ph.D. Student Leads Research on Water Quality in Belize
While the rest of the world shut down amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Ileana Callejas ’18, M.S. ’19 kept busy studying how the sudden drop in tourism was affecting the waters off the coast of Belize.