A UCLA microbiologist allegedly posted a death threat on Facebook Wednesday in response to an article about Harvard University’s relationship with Thailand, according to a tweet from a former Reuters journalist. Read more...
Photo: In a comment on Facebook, Peera Hemarajata, a postdoctoral fellow in clinical microbiology at UCLA, allegedly threatened the life of an opinion columnist.
About 50 people gathered for a candlelight vigil by Meyerhoff Park on Tuesday night to commemorate those who lost their lives in the recent attacks between Israel and Hamas. Read more...
Two new courses that weave together service learning and traditional lectures will be open to UCLA students in the fall. The UCLA Center for Community Learning created the new courses – Korean 106SL: Superior Korean with Service Learning, and English 119SL: Literary Cities with Service Learning – to increase students’ engagement with the course material through community service outside of UCLA, said Dr. Read more...
Lovell Sevilla, who served as a UCLA student counselor for more than two decades, died on Aug. 10 at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center after battling acute myeloid leukemia for nine months. Read more...
Photo: (Courtesy of Derek Mateo)
The University of California Student Association voted Sunday to launch a campaign to address sexual violence on UC campuses this school year. The association, which advocates for UC students, selects the organization’s campaigns during its annual congress every August. Read more...
Ten subsystems, hundreds of design intricacies and thousands of hours of work by UCLA students will culminate in a satellite the size of a loaf of bread, which will be launched by NASA in 2016-2017. Read more...
Starting Thursday, UCLA will offer grants to individuals whose cars were damaged in the July 29 flood on campus. The university also began offering short-term interest-free loans for faculty, staff and students earlier this week. Read more...
