A man who has robbed six people in Westwood Village since September was sentenced Monday to nine years and four months in state prison. Dennis Toliver pleaded no contest to two counts of first degree robbery and robbery charges from previous arrest at a preliminary hearing at the Airport Courthouse Monday morning. Read more...
Crime, News, Westwood
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May 23, 2:09 pm
Man sentenced to nine years in prison for multiple Westwood robberies
News
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May 23, 1:24 pm
Q&A: Professor shares negative affects of ‘smartness’ for college students
Alexander Astin, professor emeritus at UCLA’s Graduate School of Education and Information Studies, is promoting his new book, “Are You Smart Enough?: How Colleges’ Obsession with Smartness Shortchanges Students,” at a launch in Santa Monica Friday. Read more...
Photo: Professor emeritus Alexander Astin is promoting his new book in which he discusses the inequity of higher education. (Laura Uzes/Daily Bruin)
Campus, News
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May 23, 12:57 am
UCLA doctoral students win $100,000 grant to research data recovery
Two electrical engineering doctoral students received a $100,000 fellowship to develop a way to increase the efficiency of data recovery from memory errors that are deemed uncorrectable. Read more...
Photo: Electrical engineering doctoral students Clayton Schoeny and Mark Gottscho won $100,000 to develop a way to recover data from memory errors. (Courtesy of Clayton Schoeny)
A Closer Look, Campus, News, Science & Health
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May 23, 12:54 am
Mathematics department’s Will Conley receives My Last Lecture Award
Throughout the school year, Will Conley spends many nights at UCLA, coaching students in his review sessions and greeting them not only with firm handshakes and polite hellos, but also hugs, requests for selfies and laughs. Read more...
Photo: Will Conley, an assistant adjunct professor of mathematics, won the My Last Lecture Award on Tuesday. (Kathy Chen/Daily Bruin)
A Closer Look, Campus, News
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May 23, 12:51 am
English TA allows students to pursue multiple ways to earn their As
Students in Jack Caughey’s class can turn in annotated McDonald’s menus and “interview” poems for class assignments. Caughey, a teaching assistant for English 4W: “Critical Reading and Writing,” encourages students to build their own syllabi. Read more...
Photo: Teaching assistant Jack Caughey said he allows his students to complete only the assignments that interest them. Caughey said he thinks when students choose their own paths in the course, their work is more creative. (Shelby Scoggins/Daily Bruin)
News, Westwood
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May 23, 12:47 am
Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf to put a lid on Gayley location
The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf on Gayley Avenue, one of Westwood Village’s many coffee shops, will close in June. Danny Hernandez, the store’s general manager, said the shop will close because of financial difficulties. Read more...
Photo: The Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf on Gayley Avenue, one of seven coffee shops in Westwood Village, will close around the end of June. (Laura Uzes/Daily Bruin).
Campus
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May 20, 12:30 am
Campus clubs work together to promote student voter registration
This post was updated Apr. 25 at 5:31 p.m. Editor’s note: The Daily Bruin updated the art for this story because the original photo was taken in violation of The Bruin’s policy. Read more...
Photo: (Daily Bruin file photo)