The investigation into December’s breach of a UCLA database that contained personal information of current and former students, as well as staff and administrators, continues while officials focus on notifying those affected and publicizing available resources. Read more...

A man wearing a bold blue-striped tie and a wide smile walked into a conference room filled with members of the UC Board of Regents and members of the press. Read more...

On Dec. 12, RunObama.com and DraftObama.org delivered a 12,000 signature petition to Senator Barack Obama to encourage him to run for the 2008 presidency. I was only moderately impressed with such a show of support before he even announced his candidacy ““ until my roommate joined the Facebook group “Barack Obama for President in 2008,” whose reach had surpassed that of the other two online organizations. Read more...

Gene Block, the lively and rosy-cheeked provost from the University of Virginia, was named the next chancellor of UCLA during Thursday’s UC Board of Regents meeting, ending a year-long search for UCLA’s ninth chief executive. Read more...

Gene D. Block, provost at the University of Virginia, will take the position of UCLA’s next permanent chancellor, pending approval by the UC Board of Regents at a meeting Thursday, the Los Angeles Times reported today. Read more...

The ninth UCLA chancellor is scheduled to be named after top UC executives meet Thursday to make a final vote. The University of California Board of Regents plans to make a vote of approval on the top running candidate for the job of UCLA’s chief executive officer, as well as the compensation package for the appointee. Read more...