Last week, El Niño brought heavy rainfall to Westwood, causing minor leaks but no significant damages to the UCLA campus. UCLA Facilities Management and UCLA Housing officials conducted preventative maintenance on roof drains and storm sewers to avoid significant flooding on campus, said UCLA spokesperson Rebecca Kendall. Read more...
Photo: After El Niño, UCLA attended to minor damanges from the rain. (Jintak Han/Daily Bruin)
Dr. James Economou stepped down last quarter from his role as vice chancellor for research to return as a full-time faculty member, but left behind new programs such as campus-wide Grand Challenges initiatives, among others. Read more...
An engineering professor will serve as the university’s interim vice chancellor for research, effective immediately, the UCLA Office of the Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost announced Monday. Read more...
Photo: (Courtesy of UCLA)
The University of California Student Association, comprised of representatives from the UC student governments, held its monthly board meeting on Jan. 9 and 10 at UC San Diego. Read more...
UCLA was the most applied to University of California campus for fall 2016 admission, with nearly 120,000 students applying for admission. UCLA received 97,064 freshman applicants and 22,262 transfer application, totaling 119,326. Read more...
On Jan. 1, the University of California implemented a new systemwide procedure that requires Title IX offices, rather than dean of students offices, to investigate reports of sexual assault. Read more...
Photo: The Daily Bruin spoke to Kathleen Salvaty, UCLA’s Title IX officer, about the University of California’s new policy for investigating reports of sexual assault. (Anisha Joshi/Daily Bruin)
UCLA will offer new travel study opportunities and application-based courses to students who wish to apply their knowledge outside traditional classroom settings. Assistant Vice Provost Jaime Balboa said students can begin applying to three new travel study opportunities for summer. Read more...
Photo: UCLA will offer new travel study opportunities and application-based courses to students for the summer. (Keila Mayberry/Daily Bruin)
