Friday, February 13

LA Metro approves Sepulveda Pass heavy rail plan with UCLA stop

This post was updated Jan. 29 at 9:52 p.m. Editor’s note: This article, its photo caption and its headline were updated Jan. 25 at 7:58 p.m. Read more...

Photo: The 405 Freeway is pictured. The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority unanimously approved a multibillion dollar heavy rail plan through the Sepulveda Pass – which includes a stop on UCLA’s campus – Thursday. (Leydi Cris Cobo Cordon/Daily Bruin senior staff)


UC Board of Regents approves dismissal of tenured ecology professor

This post was updated Jan. 25 at 9:22 p.m. The UC Board of Regents approved the dismissal of a tenured UCLA professor Wednesday. Priyanga Amarasekare, an ecology and evolutionary biology professor who began at UCLA in 2005, was initially suspended in 2022 for a year without pay by then-Chancellor Gene Block. Read more...

Photo: The UC Board of Regents meets in January at the Meyer and Renee Luskin Conference Center. The Regents approved the dismissal of a tenured UCLA professor Wednesday. (Joice Ngo/Daily Bruin)


UCPD arrests man near Kaufman Hall following anti-Muslim threats to Iranian student

UCPD arrested a man outside Kaufman Hall on Friday after he allegedly made threatening comments against Muslim people to an Iranian student. Ashley Sarooie, who asked to be referred to by her middle and last name, said she was walking on the grass outside the Student Activities Center when a man walked up to her and asked if she was Iranian. Read more...

Photo: The front entrance to the Student Activities Center is pictured. UCPD arrested a man outside Kaufman hall, across from the SAC, on Friday. (Andrew Ramiro Diaz/Photo editor)




UCPD arrests person for alleged burglary in Saxon Suites

This article was updated Jan. 15 at 10:05 p.m. UCPD arrested a person for alleged burglary in Saxon Suites on Thursday evening. A student who lives in a first floor dorm in Saxon Suites saw a person reach into their open window and attempt to take a basket from their room at about 3:40 p.m., said Jeffrey Chobanian, the captain of UCPD’s operations bureau. Read more...

Photo: Saxon Suites is pictured. UCPD arrested a person for burglary in Saxon Suites on Thursday evening. (Aidan Sun/Assistant Photo editor)


Q&A: Julio Frenk condemns federal cuts, pledges future budget transparency

This post was updated Jan. 16 at 1:36 a.m. Chancellor Julio Frenk completed his first full year in office Jan. 1. News editor Alexandra Crosnoe and campus politics editor Natalia Mochernak sat down with Frenk to discuss federal research funding cuts, UCLA’s budgetary shortfall, protections for undocumented students and Time, Place and Manner policies. Read more...

Photo: Julio Frenk answers questions in the Daily Bruin office. News editor Alexandra Crosnoe and campus politics editor Natalia Mochernak sat down with Frenk on Thursday to discuss federal research funding cuts, UCLA’s budgetary shortfall, protections for undocumented students and time, place and manner policies. (Andrew Ramiro Diaz/Photo editor)



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