Transgender students can benefit from an interdisciplinary effort to address their needs, a campus administrator said at an event Monday. Saeromi Kim, interim director of the LGBT Campus Resource Center and assistant clinical director of Counseling and Psychological Services, detailed her efforts to create the Trans Wellness Team, an interdisciplinary team designed to specifically address […]
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California Supreme Court rules alumna can sue UCLA for 2009 stabbing
The California Supreme Court ruled Thursday in favor of letting a UCLA alumna who was stabbed by a fellow student in 2009 move forward with a lawsuit against the university. The court unanimously agreed to overturn an appeals court ruling that tossed out the 2010 case in which Katherine Rosen, a former UCLA student, sued […]
Napolitano addresses higher education access, student support at LA event
University of California President Janet Napolitano said at an event Monday the University is working to expand access to higher education by accepting more transfer students and improving academic advisory and student support programs. Napolitano spoke to UC regents and local high school students at City Club in Los Angeles about the different ways the […]
Board of Regents votes to increase tuition of nonresident students
Nonresident students will have to pay $978 more in tuition next year following a vote by the governing board of the University of California on Thursday. The UC Board of Regents voted 12-3 in favor of increasing nonresident supplemental tuition by 3.5 percent. The board was originally scheduled to vote on both tuition and nonresident […]
University removes history professor Gabriel Piterberg from employment
This post was updated March 14, 2018 at 8:22 p.m. A professor accused of sexual assault in 2013 has lost his employment, said university officials in a statement Monday. The Office of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion released a statement on its website stating history professor Gabriel Piterberg has also been denied emeritus status and future […]
Village advocacy organization votes to support Westwood Forward
The Westwood Village Improvement Association voted to support Westwood Forward at a meeting Thursday. Westwood Forward, a coalition of business owners, students, renters and homeowners, is advocating to separate UCLA, Westwood Village and North Village from the current Westwood Neighborhood Council. The association, a nonprofit organization tasked with improving the state of Westwood Village, voted […]
UCLA School of Law announces Ted Lieu as commencement keynote speaker
Congressman Ted Lieu will be the keynote speaker for UCLA School of Law’s 2018 commencement, the school announced Wednesday. The law school invited Lieu to deliver the keynote address because of his activism in Washington and commitment to the state of California, said dean of UCLA School of Law Jennifer Mnookin in a statement. Lieu […]