The UCLA School of Dentistry is featured. A student and faculty members alleged the school’s billing process for dental kits – sets of important and expensive dentistry tools – did not allow the GI Bill to cover the expense for veteran students until a change was made starting fall 2026. (Crystal Tompkins/Daily Bruin senior staff)
This post was updated June 10 at 9:50 p.m.
The UCLA School of Dentistry will adopt a new billing structure that aims to allow federal aid to cover student veterans’ dental kit fees next fall, following allegations that the university had obstructed students’ ability to access benefits.
Democrat Xavier Becerra and Republican Steve Hilton will compete to be California’s next governor in November, the Associated Press announced Tuesday.
Becerra, a former United States Secretary of Health and Human Services, and Hilton, a political commentator, earned 27.9% and 24.9% of the vote, respectively.
This post was updated June 8 at 6:35 p.m.
Incumbent Karen Bass and city councilmember Nithya Raman will advance to a November runoff for Los Angeles mayor, the Associated Press announced Monday.
Fourteen candidates were on the ballot for the June 2 primary election.
A program that will give some transfer students priority consideration for admission to UCLA is set to be implemented this fall.
UCLA created the Associate Degree for Transfer Pilot Program in compliance with Assembly Bill 1291, which Gov.
Immigrant community members shared fears of detention, deportation and family separation with UCLA School of Law students at a “Know Your Rights” presentation last fall.
But one interaction during the presentation – which students held in a South Central Los Angeles church – stood out to Katelyn Zou, who graduated from the School of Law this spring.
This post was updated June 7 at 9:19 p.m.
UCLA students interning in Washington, D.C., this year navigated anti-immigration enforcement protests, congressional budget negotiations during appropriations season and uncertainty surrounding federal funding.
The Undergraduate Students Association Council passed 18 resolutions during the 2025-26 academic year, but its public resolution document only includes reports for three as of late May.
UC President James Milliken took the helm of the University 10 months ago, immediately after the federal government froze $584 million of UCLA’s research grants.
Since then, the UC has been sued by the Department of Justice three times, seen a proposed increase in state funding and reached contracts with four of its unions.
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