A sworn affidavit released Wednesday from a Southern California Edison executive accused the former California Public Utilities Commission president of pressuring utilities companies to donate millions to UCLA for research. The affidavit from Ron Litzinger alleged that Michael Peevey, then-president of the CPUC, demanded that Southern California Edison and San Diego Gas and Electric donate […]
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SCOPE veterans recount experiences of Civil Rights Movement
Upon hearing Martin Luther King Jr.’s speech at UCLA, Neil Reichline knew he wanted to spend his summer in the South to help black people register to vote. “King said it was always the right time to do the right thing, and I remember being convinced by it,” Reichline said. In his speech at UCLA, […]
Commencement speaker elicits lukewarm student response
Students expressed confusion and tepid approval about the recent announcement of UCLA alumnus Nathan Myhrvold as the keynote speaker for this year’s College of Letters and Science commencement ceremony. Most students, when asked for their thoughts on Myhrvold, were unaware that he is scheduled to speak and did not know who he is or what […]
Founder of Intellectual Ventures, alumnus Nathan Myhrvold to speak at commencement
UCLA alumnus Nathan Myhrvold will speak at the UCLA College of Letters and Sciences commencement ceremony in June.
Olympus issues new scope cleaning guidelines after superbug outbreak
The manufacturer of medical scopes linked to last month’s superbug outbreak at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center released new cleaning guidelines for its scopes Thursday. At the UCLA and Cedars-Sinai medical centers, the superbug spread among patients from contaminated duodenoscopes made by Olympus Corp. of the Americas even after hospitals said they followed the […]
State to audit UC nonresident enrollment, rebenching progress
Following a legislative committee vote Wednesday, the state plans to audit the University of California’s nonresident enrollment practices and see how much each campus spends per student. The audit, which will start in July, comes after a Joint Legislative Audit Committee hearing in February in which lawmakers raised concerns about the uneven funding of UC […]
Rep. Ted Lieu outlines policy in Royce Hall swearing-in ceremony
Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Torrance) held his district swearing-in ceremony Sunday at Royce Hall, where he called for comprehensive immigration reform, support for homeless veterans and action on climate change. About 900 people, including government officials and residents of the district, gathered to watch Lieu take his oath of office. Lieu represents the congressional district that […]