This post was updated May 25 at 3:32 p.m.
The Librarians Association of UCLA awarded Courtney Hoffner and Sangeeta Pal the 2023 Librarian of the Year Awards on April 25.

UCLA’s Center for the Art of Performance appointed Edgar Miramontes as its executive and artistic director Thursday. He will start the role in August.
Miramontes, a 2002 UCLA alumnus who has worked in the arts for more than 18 years, currently serves as the deputy executive director and curator at the Roy and Edna Disney CalArts Theater – which is the California Institute of the Art’s downtown performance center – according to the press release announcing his appointment.

The UC Regents met this week to discuss the fiscal performance of the University, employment for students without legal status, and tuition and admissions changes to certain policies.

The UC Board of Regents unanimously approved a working group Thursday that will explore how to allow all students to work regardless of immigration status. 
The regents, who met at the Meyer and Renee Luskin Conference Center, first discussed the Regents Policy on Equitable Student Employment Opportunities during a closed board session, followed by voting during the open session.

This post was updated May 18 at 10:23 p.m.
Advocacy groups calling for the UC to hire students without legal status and fairly compensate union-affiliated workers held protests outside the University of California Board of Regents meeting Wednesday at the UCLA Meyer and Renee Luskin Conference Center. 
Opportunity for All, a UC-wide student organization campaigning for equal access to employment and resources for students without legal status, held a rally that featured faculty and student speeches and a march to the Luskin Conference Center to form a picket line.

U.S. News and World Report ranked the UCLA School of Law as a top-15 law school for the fourth year in a row.
U.S. News releases an annual ranking assessing law school quality using a variety of factors, including faculty resources, bar exam passage rate and employment outcomes following graduation.

A UCLA Department of Sociology study found a widening gap in excess deaths between the United States and Europe, with the U.S. having the highest rates.