Not a lot of North Koreans get to travel the world, telling their life story to world leaders. But Kang Chol-Hwan was one of the lucky few to escape the tight grip of the North Korean government, and he is gradually becoming the poster child for an international community aimed at ending North Korea’s human rights abuses. Read more...

Scott Waugh, the dean of social sciences who has served for longer than any other top administrator in the UCLA College, announced this week he will step down at the end of the school year. Read more...

Huey Lin, a Chinese language lecturer in the Asian Languages and Cultures department, is fighting to get her job back after being dismissed by her department for alleged unprofessional behavior. Read more...

UCLA Chancellor Albert Carnesale may be leaving his post as the head of the university, but he plans to return to UCLA as a faculty member and sit on the FBI’s National Security Higher Education Advisory Board. Read more...

John Roberts Jr. has received so much support as the next chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court that law Professor Grant Nelson said “you can bet your life savings he’ll be confirmed.” Though it is unlikely that many in the UCLA community will gamble on Roberts’ appointment, professors and students alike expect the Republican federal appellate judge to be confirmed by the Senate when his appointment is put to a vote today. Read more...

A UCLA Medical Center liver transplant patient at the top of the regional waiting list was denied receipt of an available liver when doctors at St. Read more...

Researchers, public officials and business leaders took part in a conference Wednesday at the Anderson School of Management to discuss the school’s latest forecast that the U.S. Read more...