A UCLA finance administrator was arrested and charged with embezzlement and fraud in New York on April 7 in connection with his former position at another university. Carmine Marino, UCLA’s director of business and finance services who has held several positions within the City University of New York, was accused of stealing $81,000 from student […]
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Protestors at Bruin Day event call attention to UCLA sexual harassment
This post was updated April 15 at 12:38 p.m. Protesters interrupted a Bruin Day event held for thousands of incoming students by chanting “Stop protecting sexual harassers” and “Stop protecting Piterberg,” in Pauley Pavilion on Saturday morning. About 15 people stood up with banners, including one that read “#firepiterberg,” during Chancellor Gene Block and Undergraduate […]
Luskin Conference Center projected to lose $3.7M by end of first year
This post was updated on April 16 at 2:35 p.m. The Meyer and Renee Luskin Conference Center is projected to lose $3.7 million in its first year of operation. The center had about 44 percent of its space booked in the first half of its fiscal year, which ended in December, said Peter Angelis, assistant […]
New bill would require notifying students of CalFresh eligibility
A state assemblymember introduced a new bill that would make it easier for college students to qualify for food stamps. Assemblymember Shirley Weber introduced Assembly Bill 214, which would require the California Student Aid Commission to provide written notice to Cal Grant recipients who are qualified to participate in the CalFresh program, federally known as […]
Man arrested for allegedly robbing apartment on Ophir Drive
University police arrested a man Wednesday suspected of robbing an apartment on Ophir Drive. The man allegedly broke into 10940 Ophir Drive on Tuesday night, said UCPD Lt. Richard Davis. UCPD took him into custody at about 4 p.m. Wednesday, he added. The man was transferred to the West Los Angeles Division of the Los […]
LA Mayor Eric Garcetti to deliver Luskin commencement address
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti will deliver the keynote address at the 2017 commencement for the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs, UCLA officials announced Tuesday. Gary Segura, dean of the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs, said in a statement that Garcetti’s work reflects the school’s goals. Garcetti will speak at Royce Hall on […]
Rep. John Lewis awarded UCLA Medal at Winston C. Doby Lecture
As a young man living in Nashville, Tennessee, Rep. John Lewis sat at whites-only lunch counters in protest of segregation and was told that he would get arrested if he continued. Lewis acknowledged this and went to purchase a suit. If he was going to get arrested, he said, he wanted to look clean and […]