Undergraduate student government candidates debated Saturday about ways to improve upon the current council’s efforts to address campus climate problems and serve ethnically and socially diverse communities. About 450 students hissed and cheered as they watched the 30 Undergraduate Students Association Council candidates, running as independents or with one of four slates for positions, debate […]
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First UCLA Clothing store opens in Australia
The first UCLA clothing store in Australia opened last month, as part of a growing effort to market UCLA Clothing as an international fashion brand. UCLA Clothing is produced by Ideal Europe, a U.K.-based clothing company under a licensing contract with Associated Students UCLA. Ideal Europe has UCLA brand distribution rights for Europe, India, and the Middle […]
UCLA’s yield rate explained by location, competition
UCLA has been the most applied to school in the nation for several years, but only about a third of its admitted applicants actually decide to attend the university. UCLA’s yield rate, or the rate at which admitted students accept their admission offers, was about 35 percent in 2012, which is high for UC campuses […]
UCLA’s admission of Latino students lags behind UC
Although there was a recent rise of Latinos admitted to the University of California, UCLA is slower than other campuses to admit a larger percentage of Latino students. Hispanic students have surpassed white students admitted to the UC for the first time this year, an increase officials attribute to a growing number of Latinos living […]
Nonresidents more likely to be admitted to UCLA than in-state students
California applicants this year had a smaller chance of receiving an acceptance letter to UCLA than nonresident applicants – a growing trend for at least the past six years. About 16 percent of California students who applied got into UCLA, compared to 26.2 percent of out-of-state students and 17 percent of international students, according to […]
Congress members urge UC to continue funding Lick Observatory
Thirty-five members of Congress from California have signed a letter released to the public on Wednesday, urging the University of California to keep funding the Lick Observatory. The Lick Observatory, located on Mt. Hamilton near San Jose, is a UC-owned and operated facility that houses nine telescopes, five of which are currently used for research […]
UCLA researchers’ ties to donors called into question
The multifaceted relationships between UCLA Health officials and the private donors funding their research have drawn scrutiny recently from experts and members of the university community worried about inherent or ostensible conflicts of interest. At the forefront is billionaire couple Stewart and Lynda Resnick, two of the university’s most prominent donors and owners of pomegranate […]