Sports are another step closer to coming back to Westwood. The Pac-12 Conference released a statement saying that student-athletes may return to campuses starting on June 15 to begin voluntary workouts. Read more...
Photo: The Pac-12 announced Tuesday student-athletes will be allowed to return to campuses for in-person workouts starting June 15 if local governments and school officials comply. (Amy Dixon/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Martin Jarmond was officially announced as UCLA’s next director of Athletics on May 19, making him the ninth person to hold that position in the university’s 101-year history. Read more...
Photo: New UCLA Director of Athletics Martin Jarmond spent time at Boston College, Ohio State and Michigan State before becoming a Bruin. Jarmond was a two-time captain for UNC Wilmington men’s basketball. (Courtesy of Julia Hopkins/Heights Senior Staff)
This post was updated May 20 at 4:16 p.m. While UCLA’s campus will remain dormant for the foreseeable future, there may be signs of stirring in Westwood come next month. Read more...
Photo: The NCAA announced Wednesday that football, men’s basketball and women’s basketball programs across the country may return to campus starting June 1 – but the final decision will ultimately rest with state and local governments, as well as university officials. (Tanmay Shankar/Assistant Photo editor)
It would be cliche to say the stakes are high for incoming UCLA Athletics Director Martin Jarmond. But that doesn’t make it any less true. UCLA Athletics officially announced Jarmond would head up the department Tuesday, locking him into a six-year contract that makes him one of the highest-paid athletics directors in the Pac-12 and the country. Read more...
Photo: (Photo illustration by Binxuan Zhang/Daily Bruin, photo courtesy of Julia Hopkins/Heights Senior Staff)
This post was updated May 19 at 9:30 a.m. A woman who paid for her son’s admission to UCLA was sentenced for bribery Monday. Xiaoning Sui was fined $250,000 by a U.S. Read more...
Photo: Xiaoning Sui was fined $250,000 for paying for her son’s admission to UCLA. Sui, who was also sentenced to time served, is one of the dozens of individuals implicated in the 2019 college admissions scandal. (Daily Bruin file photo)
This post was updated May 17 at 9:25 a.m. For the first time in nearly two decades, a fresh face will be calling the shots in Westwood. Read more...
Photo: Boston College Athletics Director Martin Jarmond has been selected to be the next UCLA Athletics director beginning July 1. Jarmond will be the first African American athletics director in the department’s history. (Courtesy of Julia Hopkins/Heights Senior Staff)
UCLA Athletics is a huge business. Think, $130 million huge. In the age of coronavirus, it’s also an institution at a standstill. As the moving parts of UCLA Athletics slow during this shutdown, we’ll take you through a snapshot of how those tens of millions break down, using UCLA’s NCAA financial filings from 2015 to 2019. Read more...
