The man, 47-year-old Reynaldo Quitos, died from multiple traumatic injuries after he jumped off Boelter Hall, said Fred Corral, a lieutenant at the Los Angeles County coroner’s office. Read more...
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May 23, 2:00 pm
Coroner rules death near Boelter Hall a suicide
Campus, News
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May 23, 12:33 am
UCLA Center for Near Eastern Studies launches interactive language tutorial website
A video of a teenage girl chatting about her friends in the Egyptian Arabic dialect provides students with their first taste of the relatively understudied language. Read more...
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May 23, 12:27 am
UCLA launches new archive platform to preserve campaign histories
The end of the recent Los Angeles mayoral elections also brings the digitization of numerous campaign websites. But a new archiving platform within the UCLA Online Campaign Literature Archive will allow these pieces of digital political history to be preserved for years to come. Read more...
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May 23, 12:23 am
Grant forms partnership between UCLA, Rwandan institute aiming to improve women’s education
A developing partnership between UCLA and an institute in Rwanda aims to bridge the educational gender gap in the country. Read more...
Photo: Members of UCLA’s African Studies Center travel to Rwanda to work with the Kigali Institute of Education, Higher Education for Development.
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May 23, 12:19 am
Newly elected mayor Eric Garcetti speaks on city’s future, job market for graduates
Mayor-elect Eric Garcetti plans to focus on improving the city’s economy by creating new jobs, he said in a victory speech on Wednesday. Read more...
Photo: Eric Garcetti, after being elected Los Angeles’ youngest mayor in recent history and first Jewish mayor, speaks at his election night event Tuesday.
Crime, News
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May 22, 11:18 am
Body found near Boelter Hall identified as UCLA library employee
A body found at the bottom of Boelter Hall on Tuesday was identified today as Reynaldo Quitos, a 47-year-old UCLA library employee, according to the Los Angeles County coroner’s office. Read more...
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May 22, 10:23 am
Garcetti holds onto lead to become next LA mayor
Garcetti held a lead of 8 percentage points over City Controller Wendy Greuel, with about 54 percent of the vote. Read more...
Photo: City councilman Eric Garcetti addresses a crowd of about 2,100 supporters Tuesday night, as the votes were being tallied.