Saturday, April 25

Alumnus’ trust fund donates $11.7M to Herb Alpert School of Music

A UCLA alumnus’ trust fund contributed $11.7 million to the Herb Alpert School of Music, officials announced Monday. David Dobrow, a UCLA pre-medicine alumnus who died in 2013, established a fund that aims to ensure the music school’s long-term financial security, according to a UCLA press release. Read more...

Photo: A UCLA alumnus’ trust fund contributed $11.7 million to the Herb Alpert School of Music. The David and Irmgard Dobrow Fund, created under the David Dobrow Trust, will donate almost $500,000 to the school every year. (Daily Bruin file photo)


School of Public Health dean retires after nearly a decade of service

The assistant dean of student affairs at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health will retire after eight years of helping students navigate graduate school. David Clark said he is proud the number of students enrolled at the School of Public Health has doubled during his tenure. Read more...

Photo: David Clark, the assistant dean of student affairs at the Fielding School of Public Health, will retire after eight years of helping students in graduate school at UCLA. (Kristen Payne/Daily Bruin)



USAC seeks to improve campus Wi-Fi with survey on signal strength

An undergraduate student government office is working to improve campus Wi-Fi connection through a survey that allows students to report varying signal strength around campus. Trent Kajikawa, the Undergraduate Students Association Council Academic Affairs commissioner, said he launched the Your Wi-Fi Sucks campaign to highlight inconsistent connectivity around campus. Read more...

Photo: Trent Kajikawa, the Undergraduate Students Association Council Academic Affairs commissioner, launched the Your Wi-Fi Sucks campaign that allows students to report varying signal strength around campus. (Jintak Han/Daily Bruin)



Students call for professor involved in Title IX lawsuit to be fired

Students chanted “fire Piterberg” as they marched into the history department office in Bunche Hall on Wednesday afternoon, calling for UCLA officials to fire a professor who allegedly sexually harassed two graduate students. Read more...

Photo: More than 40 students marched through campus Wednesday asking UCLA officials to fire history professor Gabriel Piterberg, who is involved in a Title IX lawsuit. (Jintak Han/Daily Bruin)


USAC votes to put Daily Bruin, Bruinwalk referendum on ballot

Students can vote whether to pay a $3 quarterly fee that supports the Daily Bruin and other campus media organizations in the spring undergraduate student government election. Read more...

Photo: The undergraduate student government voted 11-1-0 Tuesday night to add a referendum to the ballot that aims to finance the Daily Bruin and Bruinwalk.com. (Angie Wang/Daily Bruin senior staff)



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