As the university struggles through a compensation controversy that mirrors one from 1992, the UC Board of Regents is attempting not only to repair the damage already done, but also institute solutions that will prevent future recurrences in a way they were unable to in the early 1990s. Read more...

When Alisha Flecky, a third-year transfer student in global studies, came to UCLA earlier this year, she made a list of all the majors she would be interested in pursuing and discovered that global studies encompassed classes from all the disciplines she had listed. Read more...

Nate Draper, a 10-month-old born with a potentially fatal heart complication, was released Thursday from Mattel Children’s Hospital at UCLA due to an improvement in his condition that his doctors described as nearly miraculous. Read more...

Working diligently to remove a gray salt layer from a million individual pieces of glass, three Czech conservators and a UCLA scientist have been restoring a renowned mosaic in central Europe. Read more...

For a brief moment of solidarity on Bruin Walk on Thursday, students representing both the pro-Palestinian and the pro-Israeli views together chanted, “End suicide bombings.” But immediately following the synchronized chants, students returned to their clashing chants of, “End the occupation” and “Stop blowing people up.” The demonstration was part of a week of events put on by student groups including Students for Justice in Palestine and the Muslim Student Association called “Israel and Palestine: Obstacles to Peace,” which organizers said they hoped would shed light on the issues Palestinians face in the Middle East. Read more...

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It may have been 1:40 a.m., but outgoing members of the Undergraduate Students Association Council were all smiles as they watched their successors being sworn in early Wednesday morning. Read more...