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May 30, 2026 11:21 a.m.
UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television to review program change following criticism
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Melnitz Hall is pictured. UCLA film and television students filed a petition Tuesday in response to the department’s changes to its undergraduate narrative directing program. (Daily Bruin file photo)

UCLA’s School of Theater, Film and Television plans to reverse a controversial proposed change to its undergraduate narrative directing program, professors said Wednesday.
Administrators from the School of Theater, Film and Television initially announced in a May 7 email that students taking Undergraduate Film Production – a required course for students in the narrative directing concentration – would collectively only be allowed to make a maximum of eight films.

By Dylan Winward

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Campus

May 29, 2026 4:22 p.m.
UCPD arrests man suspected of sexual assault, cellphone theft

UCPD arrested a man early Friday morning after he allegedly assaulted multiple people on UCLA’s campus.
The man allegedly stole a student’s cellphone on Bruin Walk and fled to the Hill where he attempted to sexually assault multiple students between 11:35 p.m.

By Maggie Konecky

Higher Education

May 27, 2026 2:37 p.m.

Hundreds of UC faculty call to reinstate SAT, ACT requirements for STEM applicants

This post was updated May 28 at 12:04 p.m.
More than 600 UC faculty are calling on the University to reinstate standardized testing requirements for undergraduate STEM applicants, alleging that students are not prepared enough for college-level coursework. 
The faculty signed on to a letter asking the UC Board of Regents, the UC Office of the President and Academic Senate leadership to require undergraduate STEM applicants to submit an SAT or ACT math score, beginning with the 2027-28 admissions cycle.

By Nicholas Mouchawar

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