Regina Kruglyak works with an organization in Honduras to help villagers build sustainable water systems but did not predict that one of her first obstacles would be teaching villagers to count.
Author Archives: Rotem Ben-Shachar
UCLA subpoenaed in lending case
UCLA is one of 40 universities subpoenaed by New York State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo in his investigation into the relationship between college athletic departments and student loan providers.
UC receives money from Enron class action lawsuit
As the lead plaintiff in the class action lawsuit against Enron executives, the University of California has obtained more than $7.2 billion from the executives, accountants, attorneys and financial institutions that organized the fraud.
School district owes $45 million
An audit by the California state controller revealed that the Los Angeles Unified School District owes the state $45 million, which will be repaid from future funds.
Assault crime rate sees downturn
Though there have been two publicized accounts of aggravated assaults this month, the total number of assaults in 2006 decreased significantly from those in 2005.
Business ventures take flight through campus competition
Joann Lofgren, a second-year graduate student at the Anderson School, has been working with three other students for more than a year to implement Tastination, a way to connect people with what she says she believes is the best ethnic food in the country.
City Council adopts new rent restrictions
Owners of rent-controlled properties who evict their tenants and construct new rental buildings on their land must abide by new restrictions when setting new rents, according to an ordinance passed by the Los Angeles City Council on Tuesday.