The Biden-Harris Administration hosted its first virtual campus press briefing of the academic year Monday to address student concerns in higher education.
After the Supreme Court ruled against the administration’s student loan forgiveness plan in June, a primary concern among students is taking out and repaying loans, said Ben LaBolt, the White House communications director.

A power outage Thursday forced Epicuria at Covel, one of UCLA’s residential restaurants, to close early.
The dining hall, which offers Mediterranean food to students on the Hill, closed early Thursday evening, over an hour before its normal closing time of 9 p.m.

This post was updated May 17 at 12:16 a.m.
The North Westwood Neighborhood Council is the official neighborhood council representing UCLA and Westwood Village to the Los Angeles City Council.

Five UCLA professors were selected as 2023 Guggenheim fellows.
The names of the 171 individuals selected as this year’s awardees were announced April 5 by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation.

Hundreds of UCLA community members gathered at a memorial for Powell Cat on Thursday afternoon to reflect on the cat’s nearly decadelong campus legacy following their death March 9.

This post was updated March 15 at 8:25 p.m.
Powell Cat was found dead outside Kaufman Hall on Thursday afternoon. 
Long considered an unofficial campus mascot, Powell Cat has resided at UCLA since around 2015.

A recent study from the Los Angeles Education Research Institute at UCLA found that students who take math in 12th grade have an increased likelihood of enrolling in and continuing with higher education.

This post was updated March 5 at 11:04 p.m.
Jewish UCLA community members expressed concern for their safety in light of recent hate crimes and reaffirmed the importance of secure religious and community programming on campus.

Student Researchers United and United Auto Workers Local 2865, unions representing graduate student researchers and academic student employees, respectively, merged to become known solely as UAW Local 2865, it announced Monday.

This post was updated Jan. 26 at 10:22 p.m.
UCLA Lab School faculty held a walkout on Wednesday, demanding fair bargaining practices from the school’s leadership and the University of California.