Friday, May 1

Shooting outside Rose Bowl following UCLA football game leaves one dead

An 18-year-old man died in a shooting outside the Rose Bowl in Pasadena Saturday night, hours after the UCLA vs. Oklahoma football game. Kamryn Stone, a Los Angeles resident, was involved in an altercation that escalated into a shooting in the area of Arroyo Boulevard and Seco Street, according to a press release supplied by Pasadena Police Lieutenant Marcia Taglioretti. Read more...

Photo: An 18-year-old man died in a shooting outside the Rose Bowl in Pasadena about three hours after UCLA’s game against the Oklahoma Sooners on Saturday night. (Liz Ketcham/Photo editor)


USAC recap – Sept. 11

The Undergraduate Students Association Council is the official student government representing the undergraduate student body at UCLA. Council meetings take place every two weeks during the summer in the Bruin Viewpoint Room and are open to all students. Read more...



UCLA names alumna first vice chancellor of strategic communication

UCLA appointed its first vice chancellor of strategic communication, the university announced Tuesday. Mary Osako, a UCLA alumna, will oversee UCLA’s strategic communication division which includes UCLA’s marketing, media relations, executive communication, public outreach and special events and protocol units, according to a UCLA press release. Read more...

Photo: UCLA alumna Mary Osako will be UCLA’s first vice chancellor of strategic communication, the university announced Tuesday. (Courtesy of Mary Osako)


UCLA tops US News & World Report’s public university rankings for the third time

This post was updated Sept. 12 at 10:24 a.m. UCLA was named the No. 1 public university in the nation in the U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges rankings Sunday. Read more...

Photo: UCLA was named the No. 1 public university in the nation in the U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges rankings for a third year in a row. The university also placed No. 20 among all private and public universities. (Daily Bruin file photo)



Open-access publishing is focus in California Digital Library’s latest project

The California Digital Library launched a new project this month to support open-access publishing. Arcadia, a charitable fund started by philanthropists Lisbet Rausing and Peter Baldwin, is funding the Next Generation Library Publishing project with a $2.2 million grant. Read more...

Photo: The California Digital Library, which provides digital library services to the University of California libraries such as Powell Library, launched the Next Generation Library Publishing project to support open-access publishing. (Daily Bruin file photo)