McCormick was the 2017-2018 Digital Managing Editor for the Daily Bruin. She was previously an assistant editor of the A&amp;E section, overseeing the Music | Arts beat.

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Judith Smith, interim dean of the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music since January 2016, was named the dean of the school on Friday. UCLA&#039;s music school is the first autonomous music school in the University of California, and Smith will be its first dean as of March 1. (UCLA Newsroom)

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UCLA appoints Judith Smith as Herb Alpert School of Music’s first dean

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UCLA officials appointed a founding dean for the Herb Alpert School of Music on Friday, ending the national search for the leader of the first autonomous music school in the University of California.

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UCLA appoints Judith Smith as Herb Alpert School of Music’s first dean

By Emily McCormick

Feb. 3, 2017 4:20 p.m.