Governor Brown’s budget falls short of regents request

Governor Jerry Brown’s proposed budget for next year would increase state funds to the University of California, preventing the need for tuition increases, but is still below what the UC had hoped to receive. Brown allocated about $2.99 billion to the UC in his proposal, a 5 percent, or $142 million, increase to the UC […]

UCLA online engineering program ranked number two in country

The UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering & Applied Science’s online master’s program was rated as the No. 2 online engineering program in the country in a U.S. News & World Report ranking released Wednesday. The UCLA Master of Science in Engineering Online Program, founded in 2007, was the highest ranked program at a public […]

Bioengineering major gets new curriculum for Fall 2014

The undergraduate bioengineering curriculum will offer students more flexibility and opportunities to take bioengineering electives starting in fall 2014. The curriculum changes aim to allow students to enroll in more classes focused on bioengineering rather than classes in related fields such as chemistry or life science, said Daniel Kamei, the vice chair of UCLA’s Department […]

On solid ground: UCLA coming close to finishing seismic retrofit program

Peter Hendrickson began his career in seismic restoration in the midst of one of the most damaging earthquakes to rock Southern California in recent memory: the 1994 Northridge earthquake. Now, the UCLA associate vice chancellor of design and construction heads the decades long Seismic Correction Program, a $2.2 billion program for renovating and reconstructing UCLA-owned […]

USAC to propose bylaw amendment concerning stipend increases

Undergraduate student government officials plan to submit a proposal that regulates councilmembers’ stipends to a review committee next week, in the hopes of bringing the proposal to a vote during third week. The proposal asks the Undergraduate Students Association Council to amend its bylaws to prevent future councilmembers from raising their own stipends. Members of […]

USAC Recap – Jan. 7

The Undergraduate Students Association Council is the official student government of UCLA’s undergraduate students. Council meetings are Tuesdays at 7 p.m. in Kerckhoff 417 and are open to all students. Agenda Councilmembers allocated about half of the council’s remaining surplus funds. USAC voted to give about $78,500 of its approximately $152,000 to fund specific office […]