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
UCLA Engineering Online Master’s Program Ranked No. 1 for Veterans by U.S. News & World Report
The online master’s degree program at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering is ranked No. 1 for veterans in U.S. News & World Report’s 2022 list of the best online engineering programs.
Bacteria build communities using chemical signals comparable to radio waves
The thought of bacteria joining together to form a socially organized community capable of cooperation, competition and sophisticated communication might at first seem like the stuff of science fiction — or just plain gross.
National Academy of Sciences Awards Held Prize to UCLA Computer Scientist for Pioneering Cryptography Research
Amit Sahai, Symantec Term Professor of Computer Science at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering, has received the 2022 Michael and Sheila Held Prize of $100,000 from the National Academy of Sciences.
UCLA Researchers Develop Novel Microscopic PicoShell Particles
Production of high-energy fats by microalgae may provide a sustainable, renewable energy source that can help tackle climate change. However, microalgae engineered to produce lipids rapidly usually grow slowly themselves
Unpacking the Snow: Doctoral Student Receives NASA Fellowship for Research Measuring Snowmelt
UCLA civil engineering doctoral student Manon von Kaenel is helping to solve one of hydrology’s biggest unsolved problems — How to accurately measure snowmelt?
Computer Science Alumnus Leads STEM Career from Hackathons to Meta
Alexander Ramirez ’14 knew from a young age that he was born to work in STEM. Growing up in California with his mom being a radiologist and his dad a programmer, science and technology were always front