Transfer students applying to University of California campuses for fall 2016 will have an extra month to submit their applications, the University announced Wednesday. The new deadline for transfer applications is Jan. Read more...
Photo: The University of California announced Wednesday an extension of the deadline for transfer student applications to Jan.4 (Emaan Baqai/Daily Bruin senior staff)
University police are searching for a man who choked a woman by the neck in a UCLA parking lot Sunday morning. The woman reported the man approached her about 9 a.m. Read more...
UCLA administrators said they intend to shut down the UCLA White Student Union Facebook page, in a statement released Tuesday to some student organization leaders. Officials said in the statement they think the page misrepresents UCLA and could mock student groups that advocate for equity. Read more...
Photo: UCLA administrators will shut down the White Student Union Facebook page, which has a description claiming it was created by UCLA students. (Screenshot of UCLA White Student Union Facebook page)
The dean of the Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science will step down in January, after more than 12 years of service. During his tenure as dean, Vijay Dhir increased the number of academic scholarships available from about five to 130, recruited new faculty, improved the school ranking and built Engineering buildings V and VI. Read more...
Increasing demand for coding skills has prompted academic departments to provide more opportunities for students to practice computational thinking. The interest in programming skills has grown rapidly in both UCLA classes and career fields, said Robert Gould, undergraduate vice chair of the statistics department. Read more...
A Westwood Village official resigned Monday to join an animal rights group, after serving the community for two years. Sheila Kouhkan, who worked as deputy director of the Westwood Village Improvement Association, also known as the BID, will become the manager of No-Kill Los Angeles, a Best Friends Animal Society initiative intended to ensure no cats or dogs will be killed in animal shelters by 2017. Read more...
Photo: Sheila Kouhkan resigned from her position as deputy director of the Westwood Village Improvement Association to work in animal rights advocacy. (Tehya Faulk/Daily Bruin)
When she first moved to Los Angeles to be an actress, Heather Adams had no idea what path her life would take. More than 20 years later, Adams, a UCLA transfer alumnus, heads the Transfer Student Program at the Bruin Resource Center. Read more...
Photo: Transfer program Co-Directors Heather Adams, right, and Melissa Sinclair, left. (Photo courtesy of Heather Adams)
