This post was updated on May 13 at 7:05 p.m. Administrators will not renew the contract of a sexual assault resource program director for the 2019-2020 academic year. Read more...
Photo: UCLA will not renew Campus Assault Resources and Education director Alicia Oeser’s contract for the next academic year. Students said they are concerned that administrators have not publicized or explained their decision. (Ashley Kenney/Daily Bruin)
Theater, Film and Television school members informally addressed child sexual abuse charges against one of the department’s professors at a meeting Thursday. Thomas Fairleigh Denove, a professor emeritus in the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television, pleaded no contest to charges of child sexual abuse in November. Read more...
Photo: UCLA experts and leaders offered information to help contextualize the revelation that Thomas Fairleigh Denove, a UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television professor emeritus, pleaded no contest to charges of sexual abuse of children. (Daily Bruin file photo)
Some students and faculty said they think multifactor authentication is still an inconvenience a year after its implementation, while others said they appreciate the extra security it has provided. Read more...
Photo: Multifactor authentication was implemented campuswide April 2018. Students and faculty are still divided on whether it is an inconvenience or extra security. (Daily Bruin file photo)
This post was updated May 13 at 3:20 p.m. Students performed spoken-word poetry to discuss the intersection of racial identity and mental health at an event Wednesday night. Read more...
Photo: Wazo Connect was one of the groups that tabled at the second annual Black and Blue event, which featured a mental health resource fair and spoken-word poetry performances. (Elise Tsai/Daily Bruin)
This post was updated May 9 at 11:53 a.m. A fleet of UCLA vehicles is funded by student fees, and students are required to pay to use them. Read more...
Photo: The UCLA Community Programs Office operates a fleet of hybrid vans that are funded by student fees. Student groups who want to access the vans must pay to do so. (Daily Bruin file photo)
A UCLA professor-in-residence was named a fellow of the Royal Society of London, an academic society that aims to promote science and recognizes excellence in the field. Read more...
Photo: Jonathan Flint, a professor-in-residence of psychiatry and biobehavioral sciences at the David Geffen School of Medicine, was named a fellow of the Royal Society of London. Flint is on the executive team for the UCLA Depression Grand Challenge. (Courtesy of UCLA Health)
A UCLA professor was elected to the National Academy of Sciences, a nonprofit organization composed of the nation’s leading researchers in science. Patricia Johnson, a professor of microbiology, immunology and molecular genetics, was one of 100 new members inducted into the National Academy of Sciences on April 30, according to the Academy website. Read more...
Photo: Patricia Johnson, a professor of microbiology, immunology and molecular genetics, was elected to the National Academy of Sciences. Johnson studies T. vaginalis, a parasite which causes the common sexually transmitted disease trichomoniasis. (Daily Bruin file photo)
