This post was updated Aug. 9 at 6:37 p.m.
The UC’s decision to reconsider standardized testing requirements has reignited a debate over students’ readiness.
More than 3,000 UC STEM faculty members signed a May letter calling on the University to reconsider standardized testing amid concerns about students’ preparedness in math, writing and verbal reasoning.

This post was updated Aug. 9 at 6:48 p.m.
Measles cases in the United States have reached a new peak since the 1990s amid falling national vaccination rates.

This post was updated Aug. 2 at 6:12 p.m.
Kari Nadeau began her tenure as dean of the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health on July 1.

This post was updated Aug. 2 at 6:08 p.m.
Facing a federal funding denial, a UCLA research group is turning to OnlyFans to raise money and bring awareness to long-term research funding difficulties.

The Undergraduate Students Association Council unanimously supported a California bill addressing artificial intelligence-generated deepfakes and other forms of technology-facilitated sexual harassment at its July 21 meeting.

This post was updated July 26 at 8:20 p.m.
July is the Bebe Moore Campbell National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month.
The month honors Campbell, an advocate and author who co-founded the National Alliance on Mental Illness Urban Los Angeles to help people from marginalized backgrounds seek mental health services.

This post was updated July 26 at 8:12 p.m.
UCLA’s political science department cut teaching assistant and reader positions in response to a budget deficit, faculty said.