Nearly 1,000 elementary and middle students in Los Angeles were arrested at school between 2014 and 2017, a UCLA report found. The report was released by Million Dollar Hoods, a project founded by Kelly Lytle Hernandez, a professor of history and African American studies. The project, which analyzes policing and mass incarceration in Los Angeles, […]
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$2M endowment to fund mentorship program in economics department
UCLA’s department of economics received $2 million to fund a mentorship program for students pursuing careers in finance. The donation from Kevin Albert, a co-founder of the Sharpe Fellows Program, will be used to establish the Albert Family Career Development Endowed Fund within the economics department. The money will be used to provide resources for […]
Newly elected NWWNC council members on their objectives for the Village
This post was updated Nov. 13 at 2:30 p.m. The North Westwood Neighborhood Council held a selection at John Wooden Center Thursday to determine the members of its interim board. The NWWNC was formed following a May election to subdivide the jurisdiction of Westwood. Westwood Forward, the group behind the subdivision, ran on a platform […]
UCLA obtains historic theater with donations from Susan Bay Nimoy, unnamed donor
UCLA recently acquired a historic theater in Westwood. The UCLA School for the Arts and its performing arts program, the Center for the Art of Performance at UCLA, announced its acquisition of the Crest Theater in Westwood on Thursday. The Crest will be renamed to the UCLA Nimoy Theater, in honor of the late actor […]
Title IX Office releases 31 cases of employees committing sexual misconduct
This post was updated Feb. 3 at 12:08 p.m. This article contains descriptions of sexual violence. The UCLA Title IX Office released 31 cases of UCLA employees found in violation of University of California Policy for Sexual Violence and Sexual Harassment on Friday. The documents, which were released to several media outlets following a California […]
UCLA workers voice their concerns as AFSCME begins three-day strike
This post was updated Oct. 29 at 11:10 p.m. A University of California employee union went on strike Tuesday to voice their concerns about outsourcing, job security and stagnant wages in the UC. American Federation of County, State and Municipal Workers Local 3299, the UC’s largest employee union, is striking on campus from Tuesday to […]
US Rep. Brad Sherman, Chancellor Block exchange letters on SJP and free speech
This post was updated Nov. 3 at 8:35 p.m. Chancellor Gene Block said in a letter addressed to U.S. Rep. Brad Sherman that the university would not cancel a national conference the congressman finds exclusionary and anti-Semitic. Sherman, who represents the eastern San Fernando Valley and Eastern Simi Hills, wrote a letter to Block urging […]