California’s ban on race-conscious admissions policies in public institutions could give some law schools seeking to enroll minorities an edge over the UCLA School of Law, some public officials say. Read more...

In what some affirmative action-supporters are hailing as a huge victory, a divided Supreme Court ruled that universities can give minority applicants an edge in the admittance process ““ within certain limits. Read more...

Maria de Jesus Quiej Alvarez, one of the 23-month-old twins formerly conjoined at the head, was discharged from UCLA’s Mattel Children’s Hospital on June 7. She is staying at a local home provided by volunteers from the Healing the Children Foundation. Read more...

The University of California Board of Regents will likely take a long-awaited vote on a proposed increase in student fees when they convene at their bi-monthly meeting in mid-July, according to the UC Office of the President. Read more...

Students entering the David Geffen School of Medicine this August will be the first at UCLA taught under a new curriculum ““ one whose focus is on bodily systems and whose design diverges sharply from the curriculum taught at the medical school for over a decade. Read more...

In an unexpected reversal of fortune, the Associated Students of UCLA is projecting a net income of several hundred thousand dollars after previously budgeting a loss for the current fiscal year. Read more...