This post was updated on July 10 at 10:54 a.m. UCLA officials are demanding $13 million from the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power to pay for damages caused by the Sunset Boulevard water main break last summer. The flood that resulted damaged five non-academic buildings, athletic fields and two underground parking garages. UCLA […]
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USAC budget for 2015-2016 school year reduces student group funding
The undergraduate student government passed a budget Monday that reduces allocations for a fund intended to support student groups by about $30,000, while increasing spending on officer stipends by more than $13,000. The council allocated $35,857 for the Student Organizations Operational Fund, known as SOOF, down from $68,745 last year. The amount of funding for […]
Professor faced hardships in war-torn Iran, now heads UCLA department
Dr. Siavash Kurdistani maintained and developed a curiosity for science and discovery throughout his youth, despite the hardships he faced as a member of an oppressed minority during wartime. Growing up in Iran during the 1979 revolution and the consequent eight-year war with Iraq, Kurdistani faced oppression as a Jew, forcing him to escape from […]
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs will not face felony charges following UCLA arrest
This post was updated on July 7 at 11:50 a.m. Sean “Diddy” Combs will not face felony assault and battery charges following his arrest for allegedly attacking a UCLA assistant football coach and an intern on June 22. Shiara Davila-Morales, a spokeswoman for the Los Angeles County district attorney’s office, said L.A. county prosecutors declined […]
Woman sues device-maker over UCLA Medical Center superbug outbreak
A woman from Newport Beach filed a lawsuit Friday against a health care device-maker whose scopes were tied to an outbreak of a superbug at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center in February. Staci Simos said in a complaint filed with the Los Angeles Superior Court that she was infected with the superbug carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae […]
Professor, scientist Paul Terasaki gives additional $1M to UCLA
A UCLA scientist and professor emeritus of the David Geffen School of Medicine donated $1 million to the UCLA Paul I. and Hisako Terasaki Center for Japanese Studies, officials announced Thursday. Paul Terasaki’s donation will serve to expand the center, promoting new initiatives like the Global Japan Program, which aims to serve the next generation […]
Man reported peeping into student’s Roebling Avenue apartment
University police are searching for a man seen peeping into a UCLA student’s Roebling Avenue apartment Tuesday night. The man was standing outside the student’s apartment on the 10900 block of Roebling Ave. and looking through the window at about 8:47 p.m., according to a UCPD statement. The man was about 6 feet tall with […]