Academic Support
Whether you live on or off campus, UCLA Residential Life seeks to give you access to additional resources to ensure your academic success. Learn from your peers and take advantage of some of the great academic resources and support available to you, right where you live.
Academic Resources
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Stay connected through CAAC's message center, virtual drop-ins, or scheduled appointments. Find out more information about Center for Academic Advising in the College.
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Schedule One-on-One Career Advising Consultations, check out virtual programs and explore resources. Connect with the Career Center.
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Schedule a virtual appointment or drop in for writing assistance. Find more information about the Undergraduate Writing Center.
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Here are some learning resources to help you navigate the remote and hybrid learning environments.
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Changing majors? Want to add a minor? Undecided? Explore Majors, Minors, Schools, Resources, and Academic Programs at UCLA through Major Blast!
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The Zoom Lecture Assistant (ZLA) Program supports professors and faculty who need assistance with online teaching and virtual events. Discover how the ZLA Program can support your technology needs.
Places to Study
Study Spaces on the Hill
Epicuria at Covel: Starting Week 4, Sunday through Thursday 10 PM to 2 AM. Free coffee and tea served!
Sproul Landing Living Room & Hedrick Study: 24 Hour Study Space
Reservable Individual & Group Study
Reserve a space to study or to take an online exam. Check out all the available study spaces.
All UCLA Spots
Click the map to explore study and print locations.
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Meet our Faculty-in-Residence
Dr. Ankur Mehta
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Saxon
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Dr. Bharat Venkat
bvenkat@g.ucla.edu
UCLA Institute for Society & Genetics / History
De Neve East
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Dr. Bridget Callaghan
bcallaghan@ucla.edu
Psychology
De Neve West
Dr. Bridget Callaghan is an assistant professor in the Department of Psychology where she directs the Brain & Body Lab. In her lab, Bridget and her students study how early experiences (particularly with caregivers) get under the skin to influence mental and physical health across the lifespan. Using a diverse range of tools such as brain imaging, heart rate monitoring, and gastrointestinal microbiome analyses, as well as behavioral observations of parents and children, and cognitive tasks, Bridget’s research is aimed at creating personalized mental and physical interventions and supports for people who are struggling after early caregiving adversity.
Bridget was born in Sydney Australia and received her undergraduate BA degree in Psychology and her Ph.D at the University of New South Wales before moving to the USA in 2014 to complete her postdoc at Columbia University. Bridget moved to sunny Los Angeles in 2019 with her husband Beau, and her fur baby (Vinnie). Bridget and Beau welcomed their smiley son Freddie to the world in April 2021. Bridget, Beau and Freddie love to spend time at the beach, at the UCLA pool, and taking long hikes. Vinnie nearly drowned in a water outlet on Christmas Day 2019 (Bridget had to dive in to save him) and so does not partake in water based activities (he also does not like garden sprinklers). Freddie likes to get tickled and laugh.
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Dr. Catherine Provenzano
cprovenzano@schoolofmusic.ucla.edu
Musicology
Rieber Vista
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Dr. Dan Silverman
Molecular and Medical Pharmacology
Rieber Terrace
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Dr. D’Juan Farmer
Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology
Rieber Hall
Dr. Irene Chen
ireneachen@ucla.edu
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Olympic Hall
Irene Chen is an associate professor in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at UCLA. She grew up in San Diego, graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Chemistry from Harvard, and earned an M.D. from the joint Harvard-M.I.T. program and a Ph.D. in Biophysics at Harvard. Her laboratory studies nanoscale synthetic biological systems to learn about the transition from non-living to living systems and to develop alternative antimicrobial agents. Her spouse, Michael Schindlinger, grew up in New York and attended Berklee School of Music before earning his Ph.D. in Organismic and Evolutionary Biology at Harvard. Their two sons, ages 5 and 10, excel at keeping things silly.
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Dr. Jen Silvers
silvers@ucla.edu
Psychology
De Neve Towers
Jen Silvers is an assistant professor in the Department of Psychology where she teaches courses on developmental psychology, emotion and neuroscience. Jen also directs the Social Affective Neuroscience and Development Laboratory, where she and her lab members use neuroscience tools to understand the effects of stress and social relationships on the emotional brain in children and adolescents.
Jen grew up in Bethesda, MD and earned B.A. degrees in Psychology and Cognitive Science at the University of Virginia. After spending two years working as a research assistant at the National Institute of Mental Health in Washington, D.C., Jen completed her Ph.D. and postdoctoral training at Columbia University in New York. Nine years in New York City left Jen with a strong appreciation for bagels and public transportation, but also with an even stronger desire to never walk her dog through snowdrifts again (thanks, LA!).
Jen and her husband, Jason, have a dog child, Sally, and two human children, Ellie and Sebastian. Sally, Ellie and Sebastian enjoy getting all kinds of attention from UCLA students and proving to Jen that she knows a lot less about development than she thinks. The Silvers Buhle family loves all of the joyous things that LA has to offer, especially food, film, art and nature.
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Dr. Jessica Harris
jharris@gseis.ucla.edu
Education & Organizational Change
Courtside + Canyon Point
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Dr. Jose Loya
JoseLoya@luskin.ucla.edu
Public Affairs
Delta Terrace
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Dr. Laura Chávez-Moreno
Chicana/Chicano and Central American Studies
Sproul Hall
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Dr. Michelle Liu Carriger
mcarriger@tft.ucla.edu
Theater and Performance Studies
Hedrick Summit
Michelle Liu Carriger is an assistant professor of theater and performance studies where she is at work on a book about clothing and performance of self in everyday life by examining fashion controversies in 19th century Britain and Japan. In addition to this research, she is a longtime practitioner of the Japanese Way of Tea and occasional theatre maker. Dr. Carriger teaches Theater history and performance theory with specialities in fashion, reenactment, Japanese performance, feminist and queer theories.
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Dr. Nikki Barry
Education
Hitch
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Dr. Rana Khankan
khankan@ucla.edu
Life Sciences
Hedrick Hall
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Dr. Sarah Beckmann
sbeckmann@humnet.ucla.edu
Classics
Sproul Cove and Landing
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Dr. Suzanne “Seppy” Seplow
suzanne@orl.ucla.edu
Education
Hedrick Hall
Asst. Vice Chancellor, Student Development
Dr. Suzanne L. Seplow (aka Seppy) is a fellow Bruin, receiving her Ed.D. in Educational Leadership here at UCLA. She is currently the Executive Director, Residential and Student Life.
Focusing on learning communities and environmental influences, Dr. Seplow specializes in maintaining living/learning communities that foster positive impacts on student learning.
Suzanne earned her Bachelors degree in Natural Sciences and Biology, with a concentration in Education, from Muhlenburg College in Allentown, PA. She completed her Masters degree from Teachers College at Columbia University in New York City, studying Higher Education and specializing in Student Affairs.
Dr. Seplow teaches an honors service-learning class focusing on citizenship, leadership and service. She also participates in the Fiat Lux series and has taught for many years a class on sexual orientation and gender identity. In addition to these undergraduate courses, Dr. Seplow teaches identity development theory to graduate students in the Masters of Student Affairs program within the Graduate School of Education and Information Studies.
Suzanne, her partner Robin, and their two children love being part of the residential community and opening up their home to students. They enjoy participating in student programs, open discussions, cultural experiences and other learning adventures.
Her hobbies include anything sports (particularly fantasy football), card games, spending time with family and watching The Voice!
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Dr. Theresa Ambo
American Indian Studies
Dykstra Hall
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Dr. Tina Christie
tina.christie@ucla.edu
Education
Centennial Hall
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Places to Print
"WEPA" Print Station Locations
- Covel Commons - Lobby
- De Neve - Front Desk Lobby
- De Neve - Learning Center (Third Floor)
- Gayley Heights - Lobby
- Hedrick Hall - The Study
- Laurel/Southwest Campus Apts - Study Lounge
- Olympic Hall - Study Lounge
- Rieber Hall - Lobby
- Sproul Landing Living Room
- Sunset - Learning Center (By the Mailroom)
- Weyburn Commons - Study Lounge
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Faculty-in-Residence
UCLA Residential Life gives you unprecedented access to world class faculty living among students in the residence halls. Get to know the Faculty-in-Residence outside the classroom and learn more about the amazing work of UCLA professors.
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Class Collaborations
GE Cluster and Fiat Lux programs offer students an intimate atmosphere, group activities, and the opportunity to connect with fellow students while exploring a diverse array of subjects.
UCLA's Freshman Clusters are yearlong, team-taught, interdisciplinary courses available to entering freshmen students. The Clusters offer first-year students the opportunity to study complex topics in depth, with smaller class sizes and personal access to some of UCLA’s most prestigious faculty members. Students are part of learning communities of fellow students with similar interests, which helps in the transition to college. Clusters focus on big topics of timely importance ranging from the global environment to interracial dynamics.
The Fiat Lux program is a collection of one-unit (pass/no-pass) seminars spanning the rich variety of disciplines at UCLA, several of which are taught by Faculty-in-Residence. Designed primarily for first-year students, these seminars provide an opportunity for undergraduates to learn about our world class faculty's intellectual passions and expertise. Although listed under the Honors program, all students are invited to participate.
Keep in Touch
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