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January 22, 1:53 pm

UC Board of Regents approves dismissal of tenured ecology professor

This post was updated Jan. 25 at 3:23 p.m. The UC Board of Regents approved the dismissal of a tenured UCLA professor Wednesday. Priyanga Amarasekare, an ecology and evolutionary biology professor who began at UCLA in 2005, was initially suspended in 2022 for a year without pay by then-Chancellor Gene Block. Read more...

Photo: The UC Board of Regents meets in January at the Meyer and Renee Luskin Conference Center. The Regents approved the dismissal of a tenured UCLA professor Wednesday. (Joice Ngo/Daily Bruin)

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January 21, 11:31 pm

UCLA students appreciate value of economics with 3rd place in Federal Reserve contest

A group of UCLA students placed third in an annual national economics competition hosted by the Federal Reserve on Nov. 21. Nearly 140 teams from 36 states competed in the National College Fed Challenge and finals were held in Washington, D.C. Read more...

Photo: UCLA’s team for the National College Fed Challenge is pictured in Washington, D.C. The team placed third in the 2025 competition, which was the first in-person conference since the COVID-19 pandemic. (Courtesy of UCLA’s team for the Fed Challenge)

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January 21, 8:02 pm

UC Regents review systemwide, health clinical quality committee reports

This post was updated Jan. 21 at 11:34 p.m. The UC is making progress toward its goal of a 90% overall undergraduate graduation rate – but disparities in outcomes still exist for underrepresented students, according to an accountability report reviewed by the UC Board of Regents on Tuesday. Read more...

Photo: James Milliken, whose office creates the annual UC Accountability Report, is pictured. The UC is making progress toward its goal of a 90% overall undergraduate graduation rate – but disparities in outcomes still exist for underrepresented students, according to an accountability report reviewed by the UC Board of Regents on Tuesday. (Edward Ho/Daily Bruin)


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