It’s a familiar sight for anyone who has been to UCLA’s campus in the spring: fourth-year students wearing stoles as they pose for photos commemorating their graduation. Read more...
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Campus, News
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August 23, 9:17 am
LADWP contains water main burst, limits flooding to UCLA structures
A water main burst on Sunset Boulevard, flooding several UCLA structures, including parking lots 4 and 7 and the Intramural Field. The pipe has since been shut off and the water has been contained, a UCLA official said. (Kanishka Mehra/Photo editor)
By Bernard Mendez
This post was updated Aug. 23 at 2:30 p.m. A water main break that flooded multiple structures on campus Sunday morning has been contained, UCLA officials said.
Higher Education, National, News, Science & Health
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May 6, 1:33 pm
DOJ alleges David Geffen School of Medicine illegally considered race in admissions
The U.S. Department of Justice alleged Wednesday that UCLA’s medical school illegally considered race in its admissions processes, discriminating against white and Asian American applicants. The DOJ’s Civil Rights Division alleged in a Wednesday press release that the David Geffen School of Medicine illegally used race as a selection criteria for candidates and admitted Black and Latino students who had lower academic qualifications than their white and Asian counterparts. Read more...
California, Los Angeles, National, News, Regents, Science & Health, Westwood
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May 6, 1:04 pm
Protesting doctors, nurses allege dangerous overcrowding at UCLA hospital
About 60 healthcare professionals gathered at Luskin Turnaround on Wednesday morning to protest patient overcrowding at UCLA’s on-campus hospital. Members of the California Nurses Association, Committee of Interns and Residents and University Professional and Technical Employees-Communications Workers of America 9119 – which represents healthcare, research and technical professionals – gave speeches calling on the University to address alleged overcrowding issues in the emergency department at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center. Read more...
California, News, Regents, UC
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May 6, 1:02 am
‘We are the institution’: Students push for more representation under ACA 18
UC students say they want a voice in University policies – and an amendment to the state constitution could be the way to get it. Assembly Constitutional Amendment 18 would require the UC Board of Regents to appoint one undergraduate student and one graduate student to serve two-year terms on the board, replacing the current policy that only allows one student regent and student regent-designate. Read more...
Campus, News, Student Government
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May 5, 11:27 pm
Students discuss costs, benefits of possible BLUE referendum tuition increase
Students will vote on whether or not to approve a $27 quarterly fee that would fund certain ASUCLA programming during the Undergraduate Students Association Council elections from May 8 to 15. Read more...
News, Regents, Science & Health, UC
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May 5, 9:44 pm
UC Health proposes $36.7 million budget to expand research, healthcare access
This post was updated May 6 at 1:07 a.m. UC Health leaders proposed a $36.7 million budget for the 2026-27 fiscal year to a UC Board of Regents committee meeting Tuesday. Read more...
Campus, Crime, News
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May 5, 3:41 pm
Parents want say in dean’s review after teacher’s sexual abuse case
This post was updated May 6 at 1:04 a.m. The dean of UCLA’s School of Education and Information Studies oversaw the university’s Early Care and Education program through five years that included funding cuts and the arrest of a teacher for child sexual abuse. Read more...
