Tuesday, April 7

UCLA receives SCAG sustainability award for BruinBikeSmart program

UCLA received a sustainability award from an urban planning association for a campus bicycle safety program the university started in October. The Southern California Association of Governments recognized the UCLA Transportation on May 4 for the BruinBikeSmart program, which allows campus cyclists who receive a citation to complete an online safety course for $75 rather than pay a citation fee upward of $300. Read more...

Photo: Cited cyclists may choose to take a bicycle safety course, which takes about an hour to complete, once every 12 months instead of receiving a punitive mark on their driving record. (Daily Bruin file photo)


ASUCLA Board of Directors recap – May 19

Associated Students UCLA is a multimillion-dollar organization that provides student services and activities that the university does not fund. It oversees the Undergraduate Students Association Council, Graduate Students Association, Communications Board, campus services and enterprises. Read more...


UCLA oceanographers embark on voyage to study Gulf of Mexico currents

A team of UCLA oceanographers towed a small boat to Louisiana to study water currents in the Gulf of Mexico last month. UCLA, with a consortium of institutions, studied how oceanic currents move oil in areas affected by the 2010 BP oil spill, the world’s largest accidental marine oil spill. Read more...

Photo: UCLA and other institutions studied how oil moves in water currents in the Gulf of Mexico last month. Their experiment looked at what processes cause oil to accumulate in the ocean. (Courtesy of Lucia Bertero)



UC Regents recap – May 18

The governing board of the University of California met for the last day of its bimonthly board meeting at UC San Francisco on Thursday. The Board of Regents heard details about the state’s audit of the UC Office of the President, discussed UCOP’s budget and approved a cap on nonresident student enrollment. Read more...

Photo: The University of California Board of Regents approved a cap on nonresident student enrollment at its bimonthly board meeting Thursday at UC San Francisco. (Grace Zhu/Daily Bruin)


UCLA management school donor, philanthropist Marion Anderson dies

Marion Anderson, one of the UCLA Anderson School of Management’s biggest contributors and namesake philanthropists, died May 14 in Los Angeles. “Her transformative vision … helped the UCLA Anderson School of Management become one of the most respected business schools in the world,” said UCLA Chancellor Gene Block in a message to the campus community. Read more...

Photo: Marion Anderson was one of the UCLA Anderson School of Management’s biggest philanthropists and donated $100 million to the school in 2015. (UCLA)


UC Board of Regents votes in favor of capping nonresident enrollment

This post was updated May 18 at 7:33 p.m. University of California campuses will cap nonresident enrollment starting in fall 2018. The UC Board of Regents voted to limit the percentage of nonresident students at 18 percent at five UC campuses Thursday at its bimonthly board meeting at UC San Francisco. Read more...

Photo: The University of California Board of Regents voted to limit nonresident student enrollment to 18 percent at most campuses, except those where enrollment already exceeds 18 percent. Those campuses would limit their nonresident student enrollment proportions to 2017-2018 levels. (Grace Zhu/Daily Bruin)