Anderson School of Management appoints new dean to start July 1

A UCLA professor was named the new dean of the Anderson School of Management, according to a university press release Friday. Antonio Bernardo, a finance professor who has taught at UCLA for 25 years, will take over the position from the current interim dean Al Osborne on July 1. Bernardo currently holds the Joel Fried […]

Former Bruin nominated to be UC student regent-designate

A UCLA alumnus was nominated to be the student regent on the University of California Board of Regents for the 2020-2021 academic year, a UC press release announced Wednesday. Jamaal Muwwakkil, a doctoral student in linguistics at UC Santa Barbara, will be the 46th student regent if his nomination is approved at the July regents […]

New assistant dean of School of the Arts and Architecture to begin role in June

A UCLA alumnus was appointed the new assistant dean for the UCLA School of the Arts and Architecture, according to a press release Wednesday. Michael Chung, who graduated from UCLA with a bachelor’s degree in English, will take over for the current assistant dean, Guy Custis, on June 3. Custis is retiring after a decade […]

One of the first female NASA astronauts to be 2019 college commencement speaker

One of NASA’s first female astronauts will speak at UCLA’s commencement ceremony June 14. Anna Lee Fisher, a three-time UCLA graduate, was part of NASA’s first astronaut class to include women, as well as the first mother in space. Fisher joined NASA in 1978 and embarked on a flight on the space shuttle Discovery in […]

AFSCME announces May 16 strike in protest of labor outsourcing

University of California service workers will hold a systemwide strike May 16 in response to the University’s alleged illegal outsourcing of labor. The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 3299, the UC’s largest employee union, announced Monday it will strike May 16 at the UC’s 10 campuses and five medical centers. The […]

UCLA investigated athletic admissions violations in 2014, prior to recent scandal

UCLA knew in 2014 that it violated University policies by offering two students admission after their parents pledged to make donations to the athletics program, according to the Los Angeles Times. UCLA investigated the two admissions actions when they were uncovered in 2014 and found that staff members in UCLA Athletics had violated University of […]

UC Board of Regents tables vote to increase nonresident tuition

The University of California Board of Regents postponed a vote to increase nonresident tuition until its meeting in May. The board tabled the vote Thursday after the Finance and Capital Strategies Committee voted Wednesday to recommend the Regents increase nonresident tuition by $762. UC President Janet Napolitano said it has become more difficult for the […]