This post was updated on July 7 at 11:50 a.m. Sean “Diddy” Combs will not face felony assault and battery charges following his arrest for allegedly attacking a UCLA assistant football coach and an intern on June 22. Shiara Davila-Morales, a spokeswoman for the Los Angeles County district attorney’s office, said L.A. county prosecutors declined […]
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Food Security Work Group to increase healthy meal options for students
The UCLA Food Security Work Group approved a plan last Wednesday that will allocate $75,000 in an effort to increase the accessibility of healthy food options for students struggling to afford a meal. In May, the University of California Office of the President provided $75,000 to each UC campus after President Napolitano launched the Global […]
UCLA School of Law appoints new executive director of media program
The dean of the UCLA School of Law appointed Monday a CBS Studios International executive to be the new executive director of the law school’s Entertainment, Media and Intellectual Property Law Program. Susan Akens, the former executive vice president of business affairs at CBS Studios International, holds professional degrees in pharmacy and law. On July […]
Q&A: UCLA researcher talks role in Supreme Court same-sex marriage ruling
Gary Gates, the Blachford-Cooper Distinguished Scholar and research director of the Williams Institute at the UCLA School of Law, conducted research on the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender population that was cited in the Supreme Court’s decision Friday to legalize same-sex marriage nationwide. Gates has filed “friend of the court” briefs to the Supreme Court […]
UniCamp relocates second session due to persisting San Bernardino fires
About 200 children and student volunteers at a UCLA nonprofit summer camp moved Saturday to a campsite in Wrightwood for the second session of the program as the San Bernardino fires that forced them to evacuate from their original site continued to spread. UniCamp student counselors moved the first session of the camp from Barton […]
New Fleet and Transit Services director aims to innovate transportation
UCLA’s incoming Fleet and Transit Services director collected city maps as a kid because he found streets fascinating. Clinton Bench said he thinks street planning, which is constrained by urban development, must be creative to get people from place to place in the fastest way possible, and Los Angeles’ history is most intriguing to look […]
UCLA works toward water conservation projects to combat drought
UCLA has undertaken several water conservation projects since 2013 because of the California drought and Gov. Jerry Brown’s emergency water restrictions, including replacing the Intramural Field’s grass with artificial turf. Los Angeles is part of the almost 50 percent of California currently facing exceptional drought, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor. UCLA’s water conservation projects […]