Columbia professor discusses issues involving refugees, asylum seekers

This post was updated on May 17 at 5:36 p.m. A Columbia University professor said Americans should show greater compassion toward refugees and asylum seekers coming to the United States at an event on campus Wednesday. Mae Ngai, a history and Asian American studies professor at Columbia, gave a lecture about the history of refugees and […]

Scholarship fund struggles to reach half mark, Centennial raises extra $500 million

This post was updated on May 17 at 5:33 p.m. Despite being more than half a billion dollars short of its target donations for student scholarships, UCLA reached its Centennial Campaign fundraising goal nearly a year ago. UCLA began its Centennial Campaign fundraising efforts May 2014 and pledged to raise funds for areas such as […]

UCPD searching for perpetrators in series of at least 20 car burglaries

University police are searching for one or more individuals involved in a series of car burglaries. The individuals stole car batteries from at least 20 vehicles parked at various UCLA parking structures between May 6 and Wednesday. Most of the cars belonged to UCLA students, faculty and staff, according to a UCPD crime alert. UCPD […]

Power outage reported in Westwood and Brentwood areas, to be resolved by 6 p.m.

Westwood and Brentwood residents lost power at their homes Thursday afternoon. A power outage was reported at 2:16 p.m. in Westwood, affecting 932 Los Angeles Department of Water and Power customers in the area and approximately 800 in the neighboring Brentwood area, an LADWP spokesperson said. Power is expected to be restored by 6:00 p.m. […]

UC Board of Regents votes to increase nonresident tuition by $762 per year

The University of California Board of Regents voted to increase nonresident student tuition by $762 per year Thursday. The UC Board of Regents voted 12-6 in favor of increasing nonresident supplemental tuition by 2.6% on the third day of its May meeting at UC San Francisco. The increase will bring nonresident supplemental tuition from $28,992 […]

Nursing lecturer delivers last lecture on death, terminal illnesses of loved ones

Barbara Demman said she and her husband created a catchphrase while working with dying patients. As her class gathered for a group photo after her last lecture of the year, she said one of her students shouted it before the flash. “Somebody said, ‘Yay, we’re alive, on the count of three! One, two three,’ and […]