The number of reported forcible sexual offenses on campus decreased last year after a sharp increase in 2013, while numbers of other crimes stayed relatively constant, according to a university police report released Thursday. Read more...
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October 2, 2:30 am
UCLA, VA partner to provide cancer therapy clinical trials to veterans
UCLA announced Wednesday it would partner with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to offer cancer therapy clinical trials for men and women who have served in the armed forces. Read more...
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October 2, 2:27 am
Nobel Prize winner Toni Morrison to receive UCLA Medal
In 1993, novelist Toni Morrison became the first black woman to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature, showing the world a critically-acclaimed artist could be a force of change. Read more...
Photo: Chancellor Gene Block will award Toni Morrison the UCLA Medal in a ceremony at Royce Hall Monday, which will include a panel discussion with UCLA graduate students and faculty. (Courtesy of Timothy Greenfield Sanders)
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October 2, 1:46 am
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October 1, 5:00 pm
UCLA completes $1M renovations to Dodd Hall classrooms
UCLA officials spent about $1 million to install new rolling chairs and wooden floors, among other facilities, in Dodd Hall classrooms this summer. The UCLA Office of Instructional Development, or OID, UCLA Facilities Management and the Registrar’s Office funded 11 first-floor classroom renovations that included new lighting fixtures and media equipment, such as projectors and speakers. Read more...
Photo: UCLA officials spent about $1 million renovating 11 first-floor classrooms in Dodd Hall this summer and added new lighting fixtures and media equipment, such as projectors and speakers. (Conor Cusack/Daily Bruin)
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October 1, 2:21 pm
UCPD arrest student for allegedly inappropriately touching children
A UCLA student was arrested Tuesday for allegedly inappropriately touching three children during a UCLA women’s soccer match at Drake Stadium on Sept. 25. University police arrested the 25-year-old fourth-year student on suspicion of a lewd act involving a 14-year-old child, said UCPD spokesperson Nancy Greenstein. Read more...
Photo: University police arrested a UCLA student at UCPD headquarters Tuesday in connection to the inappropriate touching of three children during a UCLA women’s soccer match at Drake Stadium on Sept. 25. (Daily Bruin file photo)
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October 1, 11:52 am
UCLA comes to settlement over sale of Hannah Carter Japanese Garden
This post was updated on Oct. 1 at 6:06 p.m. UCLA reached an agreement over the disputed sale of the Hannah Carter Japanese Garden in Bel Air, officials announced Wednesday. Read more...
Photo: UCLA reached an agreement over the disputed sale of the Hannah Carter Japanese Garden in Bel Air, officials announced Wednesday. (Daily Bruin file photo)