Thursday, August 13

In the news:




UCLA facilities employee claims UCPD used racial profiling in arrest

This post was updated on Sept. 3 at 11:55 p.m. A black UCLA facilities employee is claiming a university police officer violated his civil rights and racially profiled him while arresting him after a traffic violation in Westwood last week. Read more...

Photo: Claudius E. Gaines III, a 45-year-old probationary employee at UCLA Facilities Management, is claiming a UCPD officer violated his civil rights and racially profiled him while arresting him after a traffic violation. (Courtesy of Carl Douglas)



Geoffrey Mess, math professor known for intellectual curiosity, dies at 54

Geoffrey Mess, a UCLA mathematics professor who was known for his insight and exuberant curiosity, died on Aug. 8 at the age of 54. Mess was recognized for his driven personality even at a young age and known as one of the top researchers in the field of topology, a subgroup in mathematics that studies geometric properties and spatial relations. Read more...

Photo: Geoffrey Mess, a UCLA mathematics professor who was known for his curiosity, died on Aug. 8 at the age of 54. (Courtesy of Anna Ramos)