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The Legislative Assembly of the UCLA Academic Senate has given final approval to a proposal requiring all UCLA College undergraduates to complete a course focused on diversity.

Regents voted for a five-year plan for low, predictable tuition that would allow UC to enroll more California students, maintain the university's strong financial aid program and invest in educational quality.

UCLA and the UCLA Foundation share the Board of Regents conviction that divestment decisions should not hold any one organization or country to a different standard than any other, said Block.

A committee of the University of California Board of Regents voted for a five-year plan for low, predictable tuition that, together with modest state funds, would allow UC to enroll more California students and maintain financial aid.

If 2,200 Bruins donated to any of UCLA’s funds prior to the UCLA-USC football game Nov. 22, alumni Karren Ganstwig and Howard Welinsky pledged to give an additional $100,000 to UCLA.

Researchers from UCLA and Architected Materials will use the grant to continue developing breakthrough technology to reduce the frequency and severity of head injuries to football players.

As a tribute to the couple, the UCLA Center for Health Sciences Plaza was renamed the Irma and Norman Switzer Plaza.

The center is the first of its kind, dedicated solely to advancing the power of entertainment and performing arts to inspire social change.

As chancellor of UCLA, my overriding objective has been preserving our world-renowned academic quality and helping keep a UCLA education affordable for Californians in the face of declining state support.

Jeffery F. Miller, a professor in the Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics, is the new director of the California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI) at UCLA, Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Scott Waugh announced today.

The University of California Board of Regents announced it will consider a new five-year plan for low, predictable tuition that will provide funding to increase access for California students, maintain the university’s robust financial aid program and invest in educational quality.

If also approved by two Academic Senate bodies, the proposal would require all College undergraduates to complete a course focused on diversity.

The gift by Bob and Marion Wilson is the largest scholarship donation the dental school has ever received and will be used to support students dedicated to academic excellence and public service.

The landmark new research and patient-care facility on UCLA’s Stein Plaza completes the trio of buildings envisioned for the Stein Eye Institute more than half a century ago.

UCLA joins the Billion Dollar Green Challenge with a $15 million fund dedicated to sustainability projects. The savings created by each project will help support the next.

The rankings, published today, focus on institutions’ overall academic research and reputation. The survey ranked 500 universities from 49 countries.

Campus will use $2.1 million to launch the NIH Diversity Program Consortium Coordination and Evaluation Center.

A state court judge ruled that the university was in full compliance with the California Environmental Quality Act when planning the the Meyer and Renee Luskin Conference Center, now under construction on campus.

UCLA police are searching for a man who displayed a handgun to a student in Westwood early Friday morning.

A new report on college costs and accessibility shows that the University of California’s financial aid program has shielded low-income students and their families from tuition increases caused by substantial declines in state funding for higher education.

The Foundation also announced new board members Chris Adams, Susan Baumgarten, Jeffrey Brown and Russell Hagey and new terms for returning members Yolanda Gorman and chair emeritus Peter Taylor.

The proposal calls for College undergraduates to complete a course that substantially addresses racial, ethnic, gender, socioeconomic, sexual orientation, religious or other types of diversity.

The professional networking site’s rankings are based on an analysis of its more than 300 million members.

As part of its ongoing effort to better serve readers in the digital age, UCLA Magazine has launched its first iPad app.

Survey considers factors including quality of teaching, influence of research and international collaboration.