SAN FRANCISCO “”mdash; The UC Board of Regents voted Thursday to raise fees thousands of dollars for professional school students, which the regents say is to compensate for the state budget crisis and to make up for anticipated losses in lawsuits filed regarding previous fee increases. Read more...

A judge’s order has blocked the University of California nurses’ scheduled July 21 strike, requiring the nurses’ union and the UC to attend legal proceedings in August before a strike can be reconsidered. Read more...

SAN FRANCISCO “”mdash; The UC Board of Regents met today, discussing the University of California’s role in training math and science teachers and recent admissions trends, in what appeared to be a fairly average board meeting. Read more...

President Bush nominated 50-year old John Roberts Jr., a federal appellate judge, to the one vacant seat on the United States Supreme Court Tuesday evening, a decision which many think will tip the court just a little more to the right. Read more...

Edward “Chip” Anderson, former director of the UCLA Academic Advancement Program and professor of educational leadership in the Graduate School of Education who worked at UCLA for 28 years, died July 5 after battling with lung cancer. Read more...

Calling for the end of animal experimentation, protesters marched from Westwood Village to the UCLA Neuroscience and Genetics Research Center on July 11. The 60 activists hoped to spread the message that animals are being mistreated in UCLA research facilities and that medical research conducted on animals does not benefit humans. Read more...

Chicanas and Chicanos are more likely than any other doctorate recipients to have initially attended a community college, according to a policy brief released by the UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center last month. Read more...