A Bruin Cafe student employee is demanding that UCLA pay students and full-time workers in UCLA dining services equal wages. Dana Carrera, a rising third-year sociology student, started a petition last Friday that calls for UCLA Dining Services to pay its student workers $16.32 an hour, which is the starting wage for full-time employees. Student […]
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UCLA named No. 12 overall in 2016 international ranking
UCLA was ranked the second-best public university in the U.S. by an international ranking Monday. The Academic Ranking of World Universities, which has been published since 2003, also ranked UCLA 12th in the world among 500 universities. The annual rankings were published by the ShanghaiRanking Consultancy, an independent higher education research organization based in China. […]
Housing office prepared for increased enrollment in coming years
UCLA Housing officials said they are prepared to house the additional 750 freshman and transfer students that will enroll this fall without additional beds. New residential halls built in recent years and completed renovations of existing halls have opened room to house the new students. Officials will not need to make doubles into triples, said […]
UC Regents pay $8.5M in two lawsuits against former UCLA surgeon
The University of California Regents agreed to pay a $8.5 million settlement on July 21 for two lawsuits against a former UCLA spinal surgeon. The lawsuits alleged that Jeffrey Wang, an orthopedic surgeon, failed to disclose his financial conflicts of interests with a medical device maker company before using its products in surgery. The regents […]
UCLA medical centers rank fifth nationally according to new study
UCLA hospitals in Westwood and Santa Monica ranked fifth in the nation and first in California for best hospitals, according to rankings released Monday by U.S. News and World Report. The 2016-2017 rankings evaluated nearly 4,400 hospitals and highlighted the top 20 hospitals, according to the U.S. News and World Report. The UCLA Health System dropped back […]
New Hedrick study space set to open in winter 2017
This post was updated on Aug. 25 at 4:30 p.m. A 24-hour study space and cafe is scheduled to open in Hedrick Hall winter 2017, with an increased budget of $9.1 million. The opening of the Study at Hedrick, originally scheduled for fall 2016 with an $8.2 million budget, was pushed to winter 2017 due to unforeseeable […]
Luskin Conference Center reaches final stages of construction
This post was updated July 25 at 9:45 p.m. Construction of the Meyer and Renee Luskin Conference Center is now complete, as the center prepares for its soft opening Aug. 7. The center will host a grand opening event Oct. 7. The center, which is partly funded by a $40 million donation from alumni Meyer […]