
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 International Students and Scholars regarding immigration updates (including F-1, J-1, and employment-based visa categories.)
- UC Federal Updates Resource Page, covering shifts in federal policies (including student financial aid; research funding; immigration; health care; LGBTQIA+ issues; equity, diversity and inclusion; antisemitism; and executive orders)
- Resources for Racial Trauma
- Title IX, Sexual Harassment
- UCLA Equity, Diversity & Inclusion Incident Report (e.g. Title IX, Civil Rights, and Discrimination Prevention)
- Identity Theft Protection
- UCLA Samueli is committed to making its environment welcoming to all. For additional resources, please visit this page.
UCLA Recreation
UCLA Recreation is committed to providing high-quality recreational experiences that benefit the campus community. Recreation provides extensive access to a broad range of recreational activities and services at various facilities across campus. Recreation offers programming which encompasses the competitive, passive, social, cultural, and instructional aspects of recreational activity. Visit Member Services for details on how to obtain Recreation access.
News
UCLA Electrical and Computer Engineer Mona Jarrahi Named Guggenheim Fellow
Electrical and computer engineering professor Mona Jarrahi from the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering has been named a 2025 Guggenheim Fellow.
UCLA Bioengineer Jun Chen Awarded Top Honor for Early-Career Scientist in Materials Research
Jun Chen, an associate professor of bioengineering at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering, has been named the recipient of the 2025 Outstanding Early-Career Investigator Award by the Materials Research Society
UCLA Computer Scientist Raghu Meka Receives IEEE Computational Breakthrough Award
Raghu Meka, an associate professor of computer science at the UCLA Samueli School of engineering, has received the 2025 W. Wallace McDowell Award
Does Cell Nucleus Size Matter in Gene Activity? Researchers Say Yes
A group of UCLA researchers has discovered that the size of a cell, especially its nucleus that holds the DNA can determine which genes are turned on or off.
UCLA Computer Scientist and Microchip Innovator Jason Cong Receives ACM Computing Breakthrough Award
Jason Cong, a distinguished professor of computer science and holder of the Volgenau Chair for Engineering Excellence
Chemical Engineering Doctoral Student Xintong Yuan Named Schmidt Science Fellow
For the first time since the establishment of the global Schmidt Science Fellowship in 2017, a UCLA student has been selected to join the program.