UCLA has backed down on including facial recognition software in its campus surveillance system after backlash from students.  An interim policy draft on security cameras at UCLA included language on using facial recognition software in order to identify individuals with campus exclusion orders. Read more...

Photo: UCLA has decided against employing facial recognition software in campus security systems. Michael Beck, UCLA’s administrative vice chancellor, said in an emailed statement that community concerns outweigh the technology’s potential benefits. (Daanish Bhatti/Daily Bruin)

The senior dean of the UCLA College of Letters and Sciences will be stepping down this June after four years at the head of the College. Patricia Turner, a world arts and cultures and African American Studies professor, will step down as dean and vice provost of the Division of Undergraduate Education and senior dean of the College on June 30, 2020, according to an email sent by Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Emily Carter to UCLA College faculty and staff. Read more...

Photo: The senior dean of the UCLA College of Letters and Science and the dean and vice provost of the Division of Undergraduate Education Patricia Turner will be stepping down from her posts in June. Turner will continue at UCLA as a professor. (UCLA Department of Communication)