About 40 people marched through campus Friday to protest animal experimentation for research. Members of animal rights organization Stop Animal Exploitation Now! and other groups held the demonstration to commemorate World Laboratory Animal Liberation Week and to protest animal research at UCLA. Arguing that animal experimentation is inhumane, ineffective and unnecessary, the demonstrators held signs […]
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Former UCLA surgeon alleges payments may have compromised patient care
The University of California paid a $10 million settlement to the former chairman of UCLA’s orthopedic surgery department Tuesday, after he alleged the school’s doctors took lucrative payments from medical companies without reporting them and subsequently compromised patient care, among other allegations. In 2012, Robert Pedowitz, a former UCLA orthopedic surgeon, sued UCLA, the UC […]
UC pays former UCLA surgeon $10M settlement in whistleblower lawsuit
The University of California paid a $10 million settlement Tuesday to the former chairman of UCLA’s orthopedic surgery department, after he alleged the school’s doctors took lucrative payments from medical companies and subsequently compromised patient care, according to the Los Angeles Times.The Times reported that two years ago, then-UCLA surgeon and orthopedic surgery chairman Robert Pedowitz […]
Supreme Court upholds Michigan’s affirmative action ban
This post was updated at 6:40 p.m. The Supreme Court upheld a voter-approved affirmative action ban in Michigan that is similar to California’s on Tuesday. A federal appeals court had previously ruled in Schuette v. Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action that Michigan’s Proposition 2, a ban on the consideration of race in university admissions, violated […]
UCLA admissions rate drops below 20 percent
UCLA’s admission rate for freshmen dropped below 20 percent for the first time this year amid growing numbers of applicants and increasing competition. UCLA accepted only 18.2 percent of its freshman applicants for the 2014-2015 year, or 15,760 of a total 86,521 students who applied. Last year, it accepted 20.1 percent. However, UC Berkeley is […]
UC to open admission application in August
The University of California will open its 2015-2016 admission application in August instead of October to give students more time to complete their application. On Friday, UC officials said they would open the application on Aug. 1 to help more students, including those who participate in summer college outreach programs, finish it on time. “The […]
UC students lobby for return of affirmative action
Hundreds of University of California students asked their state legislators Monday to prioritize an affirmative action measure that was taken off the 2014 ballot earlier this year, among other things. At the annual Student Lobby Conference held this weekend by the UC Student Association, a UC-wide organization that advocates on behalf of students, delegates from […]