The UCLA School of the Arts and Architecture received a $20 million donation to remodel its Graduate Art Studios in Culver City. The donation, announced in May, will be part of a $31 million project to remake and expand the studios by 2019. UCLA officials will present a proposal to approve the project in the […]
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Officials appoint senior dean of UCLA College
UCLA officials appointed a new senior dean of the College of Letters and Science on Thursday. Patricia Turner, the current Dean and Vice Provost of undergraduate education, will serve as senior dean for two years, according to an email to faculty and staff from Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Scott Waugh. She replaced Joseph Rudnick […]
Unsealed testimony claims Tom Bradley knew of Penn State abuse
This post was updated July 12 at 12:15 p.m UCLA defensive coordinator Tom Bradley, a former Penn State assistant coach, was one of many members of the Penn State coaching staff who knew of Jerry Sandusky’s repeated child abuse, according to testimony in documents unsealed by a Philadelphia court Tuesday. That testimony came in a […]
UCLA explores remote control lock system for classroom doors
UCLA officials are looking to install a system that would lock classroom doors remotely, following last month’s murder-suicide. A committee will decide between different lock systems that would allow officials to lock doors from a central location in case of an emergency, said Art Kirkland, director of the Office of Emergency Management. The committee hopes […]
UCPD investigating series of laptop burglaries from campus buildings
University police are seeking a man who has been stealing laptops from campus buildings since as early as March 2015. Surveillance video showed the man entering UCLA office buildings at least four times, according to a UCPD alert. The most recent burglary occurred in June. Police described the man as white or Hispanic, about 5 […]
UCLA sees increase in admissions rate to 18 percent for fall 2016
This post was updated July 10 at 10 p.m. UCLA admitted 1,500 more freshmen and 300 more transfer students for the 2016-2017 academic year than it did last year. According to data released Wednesday, UCLA offered admission to about 17,500 freshman students and 5,300 transfer students total. About 10,400 of those students are from California, 1,100 […]
UCLA renovating classrooms over summer to address enrollment increase
UCLA will spend more than $3 million on renovating 11 classrooms this summer to accommodate an increase in enrollment for the 2016-2017 academic year. The university will renovate four large lecture halls: Moore Hall 100 and the three Court of Sciences classrooms, UCLA spokesperson Rebecca Kendall said in an email statement. It will also work […]