University of California, Los Angeles
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| 2024 | Chris Rowley graduates with a J.D., becoming a lawyer after a career as a Former MLB Pitcher and the first player from The United States Military Academy to make MLB. |
| 2024 | Elizabeth Bird graduates with a J.D. and continues her career as an Olympic Steeplechase runner and lawyer. |
| 2024 | Nathan Hochman began serving as the 44th Los Angeles County District Attorney. |
| 2024 | Kathryn Plummer won a silver medal at the Paris Olympics in volleyball. |
| 2024 | Cameron Brink was the top WNBA draft pick. |
| 2024 | U.S. News & World Report ranked UCLA first among public universities and tied for 15th among national universities in the Best Colleges report. |
| November 2024 | The L.A. Police Commission concluded that a lack of communication between UCLA, LAPD, and California Highway Patrol contributed to the failed response to the April 30 attack on campus. |
| August 13 2024 | Judge Mark Scarsi issued a preliminary injunction supporting the Jewish students, ruling that the university cannot allow protesters to block Jewish students from accessing campus areas based on their faith-based views. |
| July 2024 | A federal judge ordered UCLA to create a plan ensuring equal campus access for Jewish students, in response to the discrimination lawsuit. |
| June 2024 | A graduated student named Milagro Jones filed a separate lawsuit against UCLA, claiming the university failed to act quickly enough to shut down the pro-Palestinian encampment and blaming the university for an assault he suffered at the hands of protesters. |
| June 2024 | Three Jewish students filed a lawsuit against UCLA alleging discrimination during campus protests, claiming they were prevented from accessing campus freely. |
| May 2024 | California Governor Gavin Newsom publicly criticized the delayed campus law enforcement response as 'unacceptable'. |
| May 2024 | U.S. President Joe Biden supported law enforcement's actions, stating that 'order must prevail' in response to the campus events. |
| May 22 2024 | UCLA Police Chief John Thomas was removed from his position amid criticism of the slow response to the April 30 violence against the student encampment. |
| May 16 2024 | UCLA Faculty's Academic Senate held a vote on a no-confidence motion and resolution to censure Chancellor Gene Block over his handling of the April 30 violence. Both resolutions were defeated, with 43% voting no confidence and 50% in favor of censure. |
| May 15 2024 | CNN identified violent counter-protesters, with UCLA police declining to comment on potential charges |
| May 2 2024 | Faculty for Justice in Palestine at UCLA called for a labor strike in response to the previous day's violence. |
| May 2 2024 | The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) conducted a raid on the student encampment, forcibly dismantling the protest and arresting the demonstrators, effectively ending the occupation at UCLA. |
| May 1 2024 | Police conducted a sweep of the Palestine Solidarity Encampment, arresting more than 200 pro-Palestinian student protesters, with at least one student shot with a rubber bullet. |
| April 30 2024 | UCLA announced extended closure of Powell Library and Royce Hall, set to reopen on May 6 |
| April 30 2024 | Violent confrontations erupted between pro-Palestinian protesters and counter-demonstrators, resulting in over 20 students hospitalized and significant physical assaults. |
| April 28 2024 | Clashes occurred between pro-Palestinian and pro-Israel protesters, with Stand With Us rallying on campus. |
| April 25 2024 | Pro-Palestinian students established the Palestine Solidarity Encampment to protest UCLA administration's investments related to the Israel-Hamas war. |
| 2023 | Tiffany Cartwright became a judge of the Western District of Washington, continuing to serve as of the current date |
| January 2023 | Julie Su began serving as acting U.S. Secretary of Labor. |
| 2022 | K. Barry Sharpless wins his second Nobel Prize in Chemistry |
| 2022 | Gabe Camarillo became the 35th United States Under Secretary of the Army |
| 2022 | Florence Y. Pan begins serving as a judge of the DC Circuit Court of Appeals, continuing to present |
| 2022 | Holly A. Thomas begins serving as a judge of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, continuing to present |
| 2022 | Gautam Raghavan became director of the White House Presidential Personnel Office |
| 2022 | Eileen Gu won two gold medals and one silver medal in freestyle skiing at the Winter Olympics. |
| 2022 | Jaime Areizaga-Soto became the 11th U.S. Chairman of the Board of Veterans' Appeals |
| 2022 | Michael J. Adler became the 4th U.S. Ambassador to South Sudan, serving from 2022 onwards |
| 2022 | UCLA signed an agreement to partner with the Tongva for campus caretaking, landscaping, and cultural events including ceremonial and educational activities. |
| 2022 | UCLA received 174,914 undergraduate applications for Fall 2022, the most of any university in the United States. |
| February 2022 | Matthew Harris, a former lecturer and postdoctoral fellow, was arrested for making numerous violent threats against UCLA's Philosophy Department students and faculty. |
| January 2022 | Jyotiraditya Scindia became the 37th Indian Minister of Steel. |
| 2021 | Christine Abizaid became the 7th Director of the U.S. National Counterterrorism Center |
| 2021 | Michael R. Carpenter became the 8th U.S. Ambassador to the OSCE, serving from 2021 onwards |
| 2021 | Stacey Dixon became the 6th U.S. Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence |
| 2021 | The Washington Monthly ranked UCLA 22nd among national universities, with criteria based on research, community service, and social mobility. |
| 2021 | Guido Imbens wins Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences |
| 2021 | The National Science Foundation ranked UCLA 6th among American universities for research and development expenditures, with $1.45 billion in funding. |
| March 2021 | Jorge Salcedo was sentenced to 8 months in prison for his involvement in the college admissions bribery scandal. |
| January 2021 | Jyotiraditya Scindia became the 39th Indian Minister of Civil Aviation. |
| 2020 | Alexander Massialas won a bronze medal in Team Foil at the 2020 Olympics. |
| 2020 | Girmay Zahilay began serving as King County Councilman, continuing to the present |
| 2020 | Paul Milgrom won the Nobel Prize in Economics |
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