UCLA Community Mourns Death of University’s Unofficial Mascot ‘Powell Cat’

Powell Cat outside Kaufman Hall. Courtesy of The Daily Bruin

Multiple generations of students, staff, and professors at the University of California–Los Angeles (UCLA) are mourning the loss of its unofficial mascot following the feline’s unexpected death March 9.

Known as “Powell Cat,” after the campus’s Powell Library where the stray was found in 2015, the beloved cat was discovered dead on campus late last week from unknown causes, according to the Daily Bruin newspaper.