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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February 25, 2010, 12:06 AM
A story by NPR about rape on college campuses sheds some new light on the most recent crime statistics reported by UCLA. Back in January, we found in a quick analysis of campus crime reports that UCLA had the highest reported rate of sexual assaults, on or near campus, of any of the UC schools...
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February 11, 2010, 12:05 AM
A consulting firm recently hired by UCLA to help reduce costs and generate new sources of revenue has been plagued by scandals surrounding its accounting practices. We reported on Monday that UCLA is paying Huron Consulting Group up to $240,000 to work with a university task force that aims to...
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February 8, 2010, 12:03 AM
UCLA has launched a new committee tasked with cutting costs and boosting revenues – anticipating a continuing decline in state support for the university and rising costs associated with health and retirement benefits. Scott L. Waugh, UCLA's executive vice chancellor and provost,...
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