This post was updated Jan. 25 at 9:30 p.m. Weyburn Terrace will be converted into undergraduate housing over the next three years, UCLA Housing announced in a Jan. Read more...
Photo: Weyburn Terrace is pictured. UCLA Housing announced in a Jan. 14 email to residents that Weyburn Terrace will be converted into undergraduate housing over the next three years. (Crystal Tompkins/Daily Bruin senior staff)
This post was updated Jan. 29 at 9:52 p.m. Editor’s note: This article, its photo caption and its headline were updated Jan. 25 at 7:58 p.m. Read more...
Photo: The 405 Freeway is pictured. The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority unanimously approved a multibillion dollar heavy rail plan through the Sepulveda Pass – which includes a stop on UCLA’s campus – Thursday. (Leydi Cris Cobo Cordon/Daily Bruin senior staff)
This post was updated Jan. 25 at 9:22 p.m. The UC Board of Regents approved the dismissal of a tenured UCLA professor Wednesday. Priyanga Amarasekare, an ecology and evolutionary biology professor who began at UCLA in 2005, was initially suspended in 2022 for a year without pay by then-Chancellor Gene Block. Read more...
Photo: The UC Board of Regents meets in January at the Meyer and Renee Luskin Conference Center. The Regents approved the dismissal of a tenured UCLA professor Wednesday. (Joice Ngo/Daily Bruin)
This post was updated Jan. 22 at 12:50 p.m. The UC Divest Coalition at UCLA held two demonstrations Tuesday to demand the University divest from companies associated with the Israeli military and condemn United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations. Read more...
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January is cervical health awareness month. Dr. Ritu Salani, a gynecologic oncologist and professor in the department of obstetrics and gynecology at UCLA, sat down with Daily Bruin science and health contributor Nick Mouchawar to discuss cervical cancer awareness, prevention strategies and the importance of routine screening. Read more...
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A group of UCLA students placed third in an annual national economics competition hosted by the Federal Reserve on Nov. 21. Nearly 140 teams from 36 states competed in the National College Fed Challenge and finals were held in Washington, D.C. Read more...
Photo: UCLA’s team for the National College Fed Challenge is pictured in Washington, D.C. The team placed third in the 2025 competition, which was the first in-person conference since the COVID-19 pandemic. (Courtesy of UCLA’s team for the Fed Challenge)
This post was updated Jan. 21 at 11:34 p.m. The UC is making progress toward its goal of a 90% overall undergraduate graduation rate – but disparities in outcomes still exist for underrepresented students, according to an accountability report reviewed by the UC Board of Regents on Tuesday. Read more...
Photo: James Milliken, whose office creates the annual UC Accountability Report, is pictured. The UC is making progress toward its goal of a 90% overall undergraduate graduation rate – but disparities in outcomes still exist for underrepresented students, according to an accountability report reviewed by the UC Board of Regents on Tuesday. (Edward Ho/Daily Bruin)
