Firefighters extinguish blaze in UCLA School of Dentistry

This post was updated April 14 at 3:29 p.m. More than 100 firefighters fought down a blaze in the UCLA School of Dentistry early Tuesday morning that damaged half a floor in the school, although there were no injuries. All classes at the dentistry school were cancelled Tuesday. Classes will start again as early as […]

Union members demand meeting with Block on health center funding

About 30 UCLA student health center doctors and other union members marched to the office of Chancellor Gene Block on Monday to demand a meeting regarding student health center funding. The Union of American Physicians and Dentists, which has been negotiating its first labor contract with the University of California for more than a year, […]

UCLA faculty approves diversity requirement

This post was updated on April 12 at 7:54 p.m. UCLA faculty and students are working to organize diversity-related course curricula before fall quarter after universitywide faculty voted 916-487 to pass a diversity course requirement proposal last week. The requirement calls for students in the College of Letters and Science to take a course about […]

Forward Wanaah Bail to transfer from UCLA

Sophomore forward Wanaah Bail is no longer enrolled at UCLA and is transferring to another university, the Los Angeles Times reported Friday. The 6-foot-9-inch forward, who initially signed with Texas Tech University before officially enrolling at UCLA, was ruled academically ineligible on Dec. 27 after averaging 1.5 points and 2.6 rebounds over the course of […]

Investigators looking into talks between UCLA, former CPUC president

This post was updated on April 9 at 8:48 p.m. Federal investigators are looking into discussions between UCLA and a former California Public Utilities Commission president about millions in commission funding going to a potential university “energy data center,” according to the Los Angeles Times. The CPUC regulates privately owned energy companies in the state. […]

UCPD searches for man who robbed woman on Westwood Boulevard

Police are searching for a man who robbed a woman early Tuesday morning on Westwood Boulevard and threatened that he had a handgun, officials said. At about 5:15 a.m. Tuesday, the man ordered the woman to take money out of the University Credit Union ATM and give it to him, said Lt. Mark Littlestone of […]

Freshman forward Kevon Looney declares for 2015 NBA draft

UCLA freshman forward Kevon Looney will declare for the 2015 NBA draft, UCLA Athletics announced Monday. In his one season at UCLA, Looney averaged 11.6 points and 9.2 rebounds per game, and was awarded second-team All-Pac-12 and Pac-12 All-Freshman team honors. His 15 double-doubles was the highest mark among all freshmen in the nation. “This […]