After winning the admiration of fans with highlight reels and instagrammed vertical leaps that seem to defy gravity, it’s time for the prospects of this year’s NBA Draft to see if they’ve also done enough to entice the NBA general managers. UCLA will have three entries in this year’s draft – guard Jordan Adams, guard/forward […]
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UCLA professor reaches settlement in 2008 lab fire case
UCLA chemistry professor Patrick Harran reached a settlement Friday accepting responsibility for conditions in a UCLA laboratory where a 2008 fire led to the death of a 23-year-old staff research assistant. Harran, 44, will have to teach a high school chemistry course, complete 800 community service hours and pay a $10,000 fine, as part of […]
USAC General Representative 2 Nihal Satyadev resigns from office
This post was updated at 2 p.m. Undergraduate student government councilmember Nihal Satyadev resigned from the General Representative 2 position on June 12 for personal reasons, less than two weeks after being sworn into office. Satyadev, a member of the Bruins United slate and a former bioengineering student, was elected to the Undergraduate Students Association […]
Budget passes Legislature, includes financial aid, research funding
Both houses of the California Legislature passed the state’s main budget bill for the 2014-2015 fiscal year on Sunday afternoon, increasing financial aid for California students and requiring the UC to submit its revenue and expense projections. Under the budget bill, SB 852, the University of California may receive $50 million more than the governor […]
UC to receive $50M more in funding if tax revenue exceeds expectations
The University of California may get $50 million more in state funding than it was promised for the next school year, but only if California gets more property tax revenue than expected in the coming months. This clause comes from a budget agreement between the state Legislature and Gov. Jerry Brown that was announced Friday, […]
UCPD makes four arrests over course of Undie Run night
University police arrested four people during and after the quarterly Undie Run on Wednesday night, which attracted thousands of participants and onlookers. More than 10,000 people gathered on the northwest corner of Strathmore Drive and Charles E. Young Drive West at about 11:30 p.m. on Wednesday and began running just before midnight, UCPD spokeswoman Nancy […]
Obama signs measures to ease student debt
On Monday, President Barack Obama signed a series of executive actions to make student loans more affordable. The measures will give five million students the ability to cap their loan payments at 10 percent of their incomes. As part of the actions, the U.S. Department of Education will renegotiate contracts with federal loan servicers to […]