Councilwoman Cindy Miscikowski told UCLA women Sunday that they need to break boundaries. “You have the skills and the tools … if you feel passionate about something, explore and knock on those doors,” Miscikowski said in her keynote speech at the 9th annual Women’s Leadership Conference, put on all day Sunday by the Bruin Belles Service Association. Read more...

Bob Williams has worked a long time at UCLA, starting out as an undergraduate employee in the residence halls almost 30 years ago. Now he is the head of Associated Students UCLA, an organization that deals in almost $70 million in sales annually. Read more...

Hospital-acquired infections surge Los Angeles county has seen a surge of hospital-acquired infections in the last 16 months, including stomach viruses, virulent skin infections and scabies mite infestations. Read more...

Bob Williams, the next Associated Students UCLA executive director, will lead the association during a critical period of transformation. His decisions and leadership in the near future will shape how ASUCLA spends tens of millions of dollars of student fees. Read more...

The hits keep coming for UCLA’s baseball team, though not necessarily on offense. Going into this weekend’s series against Pac-10 cellar dweller Washington State (20-32), the injury-plagued Bruins have learned that they will likely be without the services of pitcher Paul Oseguera for the remainder of the season. Read more...

The competition for management of the Los Alamos National Laboratory took a step forward Thursday when the final request for proposals was released. Though the University of California has been making preparations to bid for management, they have been waiting for the release of the request to make a final decision. Read more...