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he Arthur Ashe Student Health and Wellness Center will undergo seismic reconstruction until January. Other campus buildings, including Powell Library, also began seismic reconstruction earlier this year. As part of the reconstruction, the building’s exterior and interior walls will be reinforced to increase seismic stability. The university also aims to add accessibility upgrades as well as safety enhancements. According to Chaitali Mukherjee, the executive director of the Ashe Center and an internal medicine physician, the seismic upgrades are designed to allow the Ashe Center to maintain its structural integrity in the event of an earthquake. The Ashe Center will remain open and o er all its services during the construction, but certain services will be temporarily relocated.

Advocates for the UCLA disabled community are working to establish a Disability Cultural Center that will o er a space for disabled empowerment, provide academic and career resources for disabled students, and celebrate disabled culture and history. The center will be named in honor of Lily Shaw, the 2019-2020 USAC facilities commissioner and cofounder of the Disabled Student Union who passed away in 2020. UCLA Student A airs sta began working with students from USAC and the Disabled Student Union in mid-2020 to establish a Disability Cultural Center. Currently, the center has $59,000 in allocations, with $30,000 from the USAC surplus and $29,000 in donations from a GoFundMe campaign initiated after Shaw’s death. The center would ideally be located in Ackerman Union or Kerckho Hall, but due to a lack of available, accessible spaces on campus, it might be located in a less accessible space, such as the Hill, until a permanent location is determined.