The U’s East Village housing complex—home to graduate student families for over 50 years—will close in phases through 2028 as part of the U’s plan to replace aging apartments. Built in 1971-72 east of Foothill Boulevard and Sunnyside Avenue, the “cinder block palaces” have become too expensive to maintain and pose seismic safety concerns to their 765 residents.
The L. S. Skaggs Applied Science Building opened in July, completing the 275,000-square-foot Crocker Science Complex, also home to the renovated Stewart Building and Crocker Science Center. The new buildings house physics and astronomy, atmospheric science, and the Wilkes Center for Climate Science and Policy, and they expand lab space by 56 percent, providing every U science student the chance to do hands-on research.
Four U students received Fulbright scholarships for the 2025-26 academic year. The competitive program facilitates academic exchanges between the U.S. and over 140 countries. Participants engage in graduate study, research, or English teaching abroad. The cohort of U recipients is pursuing projects including poverty interventions in Mexico City and violence prevention research in Mumbai.
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