Doctors remain “cautiously optimistic” about the condition of Maria Teresa and Maria de Jesus Quiej Alvarez, who remain in critical but stable condition with vital signs in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit at UCLA’s Mattel Children’s Hospital in Westwood. Read more...

Financial accountability concerns dominated discussion when the University of California Board of Regents audit committee met last week at UCLA. New committee chairman Alfredo Terrazas called the meeting a “brainstorming session” ““ committee members looked for ways to preserve honesty and efficiency in the UC’s internal and external audit policies. Read more...

Students and community members gathered last week at UCLA to mourn the loss and remember the lives of seven people killed in an attack in late July on a “home of dialogue and tolerance” ““ the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. Read more...

Debate over opening up access alongside the Malibu property of entertainment mogul David Geffen, the namesake of UCLA’s School of Medicine, has turned into a lawsuit. Read more...

Fragmented by an unusually abrupt administrative decision, faculty are questioning the direction of the American Indian Studies Center. Graduate Division Vice Chancellor Claudia Mitchell-Kernan announced in June she will not recommend former AISC director Duane Champagne, in his 11th year, to serve another term, raising questions about the dismissal process and where the center will go from here. Read more...

Concerns over vague policies and funding discrepancies have prompted the delay of student group funding and raised questions about the budget process. On Aug. 5 the Undergraduate Students Association Council was scheduled to pass funding recommendations by the Budget Review Committee, but ended up tabling the budget to its Aug. Read more...