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September 11, 8:49 pm

Threat to UCLA Black community deemed non-credible by UCPD, under FBI investigation

The Federal Bureau of Investigation opened a probe Thursday into a violent threat made against Black community members at UCLA which UCPD deemed non-credible.  The threat – which was also sent to people at the University of Southern California – referenced the stabbing of Iryna Zarutska, a Ukrainian woman who was allegedly murdered in August by a Black man, according to Morning, Trojan. Read more...

Photo: Royce Hall is pictured. The Federal Bureau of Investigation opened a probe into a violent threat made against Black community members at UCLA on Thursday. (Daily Bruin file photo)

A Closer Look, Campus, News

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September 10, 5:22 pm

Twin alumni share UCLA Bruin Marching Band history as 1st female members, twirlers

Marching their way through the Rose Bowl Stadium, Terry and Jerry Fitzer kicked off the 1965 UCLA football season as the first female members of the UCLA Bruin Marching Band. Read more...

Photo: Terry and Jerry Fitzer, who are twins and UCLA alumni, pose at the Illinois State Twirling Championship. Terry and Jerry were the first female members of the UCLA Bruin Marching Band. (Courtesy of Devon Bream)

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September 8, 8:52 pm

‘One IT’ centralized plan leaves HumTech organization facing uncertainty

This post was updated Sept. 12 at 6:20 p.m. A UCLA organization that provides specialized technology support for students and faculty across the Humanities Division could be impacted by UCLA’s new information technology consolidation initiative, professors said. Read more...

Photo: The Humanities Technology website is pictured. Professors said that HumTech, an organization that provides specialized technology support for the Humanities Division, could be compromised under UCLA’s plan to consolidate information technology services. (Leydi Cris Cobo Cordon/Daily Bruin senior staff)

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September 2, 5:39 pm

UCLA plans to consolidate some campus services to cut costs, increase ‘efficiency’

This post was updated September 7 at 8:14 p.m. UCLA plans to consolidate campus human resources, finance, communications, marketing, event planning and academic personnel services to cut costs, according to internal documents acquired by the Daily Bruin. Read more...

Photo: UCLA’s “One IT” website is pictured. Two vice chancellors announced that the university will “streamline” services distributed across multiple campus units in line with Goal 5 of its Strategic Plan. (Aidan Sun/Assistant Photo editor)

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August 28, 6:45 pm

This federal-research-backed device saved her life. Amid grant cuts, she’s worried

This post was updated Aug. 31 at 10:05 p.m. Erin Morrow began experiencing shortness of breath and chest pain at 20 years old. Morrow, who is now a doctoral student in psychology at UCLA, said she consulted several doctors as an undergraduate student at Emory University before being diagnosed with a third-degree atrioventricular block – a heart rhythm disorder where the organ’s upper and lower chambers do not properly send signals to each other. Read more...

Photo: Erin Morrow, a doctoral student in psychology at UCLA, holds a newspaper. Morrow said federally funded research saved her life after she was diagnosed with a third-degree atrioventricular block. (Courtesy of Erin Morrow)

Campus, Higher Education, News, Science & Health

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August 25, 11:42 pm

David Geffen School of Medicine under investigation for antisemitism claims

This post was updated Aug. 31 at 9:52 p.m. The chairman of the United States House of Representatives Committee on Education and Workforce announced Monday that it is investigating the David Geffen School of Medicine over antisemitism claims.  In a letter addressed to Steven Dubinett, the school’s dean, chairman Tim Walberg – a Michigan Republican – said the committee has been made aware of reports that Jewish students at the medical school experienced “hostility and fear at the hands of peers, colleagues, and administrators” and that their concerns were not addressed by the university.  He added in the letter that the committee is looking into if UCLA violated Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits “any program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance” from discrimination based on race, color or national origin, according to the U.S. Read more...

Photo: The David Geffen School of Medicine is pictured. A U.S. House of Representatives committee announced Monday that it is investigating the medical school for alleged antisemitism. (Daily Bruin file photo)


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