Preliminary funding approved for new UCLA engineering building

The University of California Board of Regents approved $3.15 million in preliminary funding today for an engineering building at UCLA. The building, called the Engineering VI – Phase 2 building, would be built adjacent to the Engineering VI – Phase 1 building already under construction in Westwood Plaza. The six-level building will provide research laboratories […]

UC Regents to vote on funding for new UCLA engineering building

The University of California Board of Regents is slated to meet Tuesday through Thursday this week for its bimonthly board meeting. The board will vote Tuesday on whether to approve preliminary funding for an Engineering VI – Phase 2 building at UCLA. The building, which would be built adjacent to an Engineering VI – Phase […]

Students protest their lack of input in appointment of Napolitano

After the recent controversial appointment of Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano as University of California president, some students expressed concerns about a lack of student input in the search process. A special search committee of 10 UC regents announced the nomination of Napolitano on July 12, shocking many people because of her lack of […]

Student regent-designate wants to tackle financial aid, campus climate in coming year

UC Berkeley undergraduate Sadia Saifuddin became the first-ever Muslim and the second undergraduate in a decade to be appointed student regent-designate last week. The student regent is the only student who serves as a voting member of the UC Board of Regents, the board that makes decisions on issues like tuition, where the UC spends […]