Two UCLA alumni donated $5 million to a Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science endowment Wednesday. Ronald and Valerie Sugar established the endowment to support the school and Dean Jayathi Murthy’s goals. Murthy’s title will now be the Ronald and Valerie Sugar Dean of UCLA Engineering. Murthy said the endowment will be used […]
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UCPD investigating online comment made toward sorority
University police are investigating an online comment made toward the Alpha Phi sorority Monday. The comment, written in the comments section of the sorority’s recruitment video on YouTube, was a short written excerpt from the video manifesto released by Elliot Rodger, the man who killed six people in Isla Vista, California, in May 2014. Police […]
UCPD searching for suspect involved in carjacking incident on campus
University police are searching for a man who carjacked an individual on the UCLA campus Monday afternoon. The individual, who is not affiliated with UCLA, said he was waiting in his car when a man approached him with a handgun near the Center for Health Sciences building at about 4:35 p.m., according to a UCPD […]
BruinsVote! en route to student voter registration goal
Student groups working to register students to vote are almost halfway to their goal of registering 15,000 students. BruinsVote! leaders announced Tuesday that the coalition registered 6,553 students before Tuesday. They have until the Oct. 24 registration deadline to register students. BruinsVote! is a coalition of seven student groups, including the undergraduate student government external […]
Residential Life launches themed floor for Pilipino community
Hedrick Hall 5 South will now be the official Pilipino residential floor for UCLA. A group of students approached the Residential Life staff about creating the Pilipin@ Community because they wanted a community on the Hill that would represent their culture, said Lori Vogelgesang, director of academic programs at UCLA Residential Life. The Pilipino residential […]
LA Metro to add more trains to Expo Line to settle increased demand
Los Angeles Metro plans to add more trains to the Expo Line by December to meet growing ridership. In August, 43,015 people rode the line daily, reaching about 70 percent of the daily ridership Metro planners projected for 2030, according to a report. However, some riders said the line’s 12-minute train intervals are too infrequent, […]
ASUCLA Board of Directors recap – Sept. 30
Associated Students UCLA is a multimillion-dollar organization that provides student services and activities that the university does not fund. It oversees the Undergraduate Students Association Council, Graduate Students Association, Communications Board, campus services and enterprises. Board of Directors meetings are monthly and open to the public. Executive reports Executive Director Bob Williams said Ackerman Union’s […]