July 27, 2012, 12:59 PM
A landmark criminal case involving the 2009 death of a young UCLA laboratory researcher was resolved in part today after the University of California Board of Regents agreed to adopt a series of safety measures and establish a scholarship in the researcher’s name. Sheharbano "Sheri...
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July 26, 2012, 5:05 PM
Was a deadly lab fire a tragic accident or a crime?
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July 26, 2012, 5:05 PM
Professor is first in U.S. to be charged with a felony in a worker's death. UC regents settlement in criminal case.
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July 23, 2012, 12:05 AM
Despite their skepticism a few months ago, members of the University of California Board of Regents have approved the budget and financing for UCLA's plan to build a 250-room, $162 million hotel and conference center – setting aside some concerns about the project's financial...
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March 23, 2012, 12:05 AM
The University of California Board of Regents next week will consider UCLA's plan to build a new 250-room, $152 million hotel and conference center – a proposal that would allow the university to host many more academic conferences on campus but that has raised the ire of local hotel...
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August 1, 2011, 12:05 AM
A state audit released last week says UCLA wrongfully designated $23 million in student fees to pay for two projects that were not included in the original fee referendum approved by student voters in 2000. The finding was part of a 15-month audit [PDF] that concluded the...
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July 25, 2011, 12:05 AM
UCLA administrators have put on hold a plan to replace the faculty center with a new 282-room hotel, conference center and faculty club, responding to warnings from a faculty group that the financial projections for the $160 million complex simply didn't pencil out. The...
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June 22, 2011, 12:05 AM
UCLA students who use credit cards to pay their university bills better brace themselves: The university will start charging a 2.75 percent credit card processing fee this fall. It's an example of how universities are passing certain costs along to students amid a statewide budget crunch....
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September 8, 2010, 12:05 AM
At a time when California's public universities are bemoaning the decline of state funding as a piece of their overall budgets, one highly ranked public graduate school is planning to forgo state funding altogether in favor of greater flexibility. Officials at UCLA's Anderson School of...
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September 7, 2010, 12:05 AM
A UCLA environmental health sciences researcher whose appointment was not renewed this year has filed a whistle-blower retaliation complaint against the university, saying he's being punished for publishing politically incorrect research findings and for previous whistle-blowing against...
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August 13, 2010, 12:05 AM
A judge has denied a motion to dismiss a shareholders' lawsuit against a consulting company that has been hired by UCLA for several projects. California Watch reported earlier this year that UCLA was paying Chicago-based Huron Consulting Group up to $240,000 to work with a university task...
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April 6, 2010, 12:06 AM
Update: UCLA is reducing the amount of student fees it plans to use to pay for the Pauley Pavilion upgrade, the Los Angeles Times reports. The university said it will not use $15 million in student fees for Pauley because the cost of the project came in lower than expected. When UCLA officials...
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March 20, 2010, 6:07 PM
Explore this interactive map to see which buildings at UCLA have been deemed seismically hazardous.
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March 15, 2010, 7:49 AM
UPDATE: Cal/OSHA also cited UCLA last week for not reporting a 2008 lab accident that seriously injured a researcher – about a year before the lab fire that killed Sangji, the LA Times reports. The California Division of Occupational Safety and Health will fine UCLA an additional $...
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March 12, 2010, 12:05 AM
UC Davis could cut up to nine sports programs because of university budget cuts, the Daily Aggie reports. Athletics Director Greg Warzecka told the Aggie that a $1.79 million budget cut to the Intercollegiate Athletics Department will inevitably force the department to get rid of between...
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