Several California state leaders joined the University of California Board of Regents at its bimonthly board meeting this week in hopes of finally fixing what they called California’s “broken” higher education system. Read more...
Photo: From left to right: Speaker John Perez, Gov. Jerry Brown and University of California President Mark Yudof attended the UC Board of Regents meeting held at UC San Francisco this week.
UCLA Counseling and Psychological Services reduced the number of annual individual counseling appointments per student earlier this month, after officials said they saw a large increase in demand for the center’s services last quarter. Read more...
An attempted murder of a UCLA student in Hollywood and an attempted sexual assault of a different UCLA student – both reported earlier this month – may be related, according to police. Read more...
Photo: Sketch of man in connection with Jan. 7 attempted sexual assault of UCLA student.
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The Office of Residential Life will offer two new housing options next year, gender-neutral housing and a floor that will house students interested in the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer/questioning, intersex and allied communities. Read more...
President Barack Obama announced plans on Wednesday to increase research on gun violence prevention and create model emergency response plans for schools, places of worship and institutions of higher education as part of 23 executive orders targeted to reduce gun violence. Read more...
Instead of asking students to silence their cell phones and close the tabs on their Internet browsers, Camal is incorporating social media into his course, Music History 5: The History of Rock and Roll, this quarter. Read more...
Photo: Professor Jerome Camal is using Twitter and Spotify in his Music History 5: History of Rock and Roll course this quarter to engage with his students. This is his second time teaching the course, but first time using social media as a teaching tool.
