Posts Tagged ‘UCLA’


Annual Jazz & Reggae Festival To Hit UCLA This Weekend

May 20, 2012 at 10:10 pm
www.examiner.com - One of LA's most popular Memorial Day events - the UCLA Jazz & Reggae Festival - returns this coming weekend for its 26th Anniversary event. While the event has strayed from its original Jazz roots, the festival has become known...

UCLA extends bidding for Japanese garden in Bel-Air

May 17, 2012 at 11:25 pm
latimesblogs.latimes.com - A Los Angeles Superior Court judge on Thursday declined to grant an emergency request to block UCLA's sale of its Hannah Carter Japanese Garden in Bel-Air. But opponents of the sale say they plan to continue to press to have their case resolved by a court after a full hearing.

UCLA May Withdraw From Westwood Volunteer Day

May 16, 2012 at 2:00 pm
centurycity.patch.com - The UCLA Volunteer Center, a major participant in an annual neighborhood clean-up day, may withdraw staff support from the Westwood Organized Mega Project. The university's retreat from the event, dubbed WOMP, would be a big "womp womp," Westwood neighborhood organizations say. The Westwood Organized Mega Project, a day of volunteer service and beautification in Westwood [...]

Parolee Suspect Arrested For Alleged Burglary At UCLA Dorm

May 10, 2012 at 9:34 pm
losangeles.cbslocal.com - A Los Angeles man suspected in a burglary in a residence hall on the UCLA campus in Westwood is now in custody. Timothy Bell, 41, was arrested just after midnight on Thursday when a UCLA community service officer observed him in a stairwell in another residence hall and called the UC Police Department, according to campus police. He is suspected in the May 6 theft of $20 from a room in a campus residence hall.

Hannah Carter heirs sue UC Regents over planned garden sale

May 9, 2012 at 10:44 pm
www.bruinsnation.com - Hannah Carter heirs sue UC Regents over planned garden sale Could this get any more embarrassing? Way to go, Chancellor. $139,000/year is too much to spend on a UCLA treasure, but clearly $750,000/year is just fine for Chianti Dan.

UCLA professor Alex Hall is teaching the next generation about climate change

May 9, 2012 at 10:44 am
www.environment.ucla.edu - Part Five in Mother Nature Network's series on the Institute of the Environment and Sustainability.

UCLA Betrays Donor’s Wishes in Japanese Garden Sale

May 4, 2012 at 9:58 pm
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Former UCLA Swim Coach Dies at 71

April 30, 2012 at 9:30 pm
centurycity.patch.com - Ron "Stix" Ballatore, who coached the UCLA men's swimming team for 16 seasons, including guiding the Bruins to the 1982 NCAA championship, died tonight in a Gainesville, Fla. hospital from bone cancer, the university announced. He was 71. UCLA finished in the top 10 in the NCAA championship 15 times and top five nine times under Ballatore. Ballatore coached [...]

UCLA’s Telescope ‘Time Machine’ Peers into Galaxy’s Past

April 17, 2012 at 11:30 pm
brentwood.patch.com - A new telescope instrument built by UCLA scientists is being called a "time machine" for its ability to peer through interstellar dust to the beginnings of our universe, the school reported Saturday. The instrument has been attached to a telescope on the world's highest volcano, and is able to allow scientists to see the earliest [...]

Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano delivers lecture at UCLA

April 17, 2012 at 9:33 pm
www.dailybruin.com - Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano delivered a lecture at the UCLA Anderson School of Management on Monday, speaking to about 350 people about the role and responsibilities of the federal Department of Homeland Security.

UCLA Admits 15,455 Incoming Freshmen

April 17, 2012 at 8:03 pm
brentwood.patch.com - More than 15,400 high school seniors, including more than 9,200 from California, have been accepted for admittance to UCLA, the university announced Tuesday. The admitted high school seniors for the 2012 fall semester include applicants from all 50 states and 69 countries, according to UCLA. Of the 15,455 admitted students, 9,263 are California residents, while [...]

Burglaries at off-campus UCLA university apartments spike since September

April 16, 2012 at 10:53 pm
www.dailybruin.com - There have been more than 20 burglaries and attempted burglaries since September at university apartments on Sepulveda and Sawtelle boulevards and Rose and Keystone avenues, in a set of graduate student apartment complexes called University Apartments South, according to a recent report released by the UCPD.