Thursday, April 23

Armenian community at UCLA calls for awareness, education on recent conflict

Editor’s note: This article contains details of war and violence that may be disturbing to some readers. The Armenian Students’ Association at UCLA joined several other Armenian student groups across the country in signing an open letter to condemn the recent conflict at the Armenian border. Read more...

Photo: Members of the executive board of the Armenian Students’ Association at UCLA are pictured (Left to right: Mary Keushkerian, external vice president; Mher Arutyunyan, political affairs chair; Angela Minasyan, president). The Association signed an open letter criticizing the conflict at the Armenian border. (Joseph Jimenez/Assistant Photo editor)




UCLA Burkle Center hosts panel on Russia-Ukraine war crimes

UCLA scholars and international lawyers discussed the Russia-Ukraine war and reports of war crimes from Russian armed forces at a hybrid webinar Wednesday. A United Nations report from the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine found evidence of Russian armed forces committing human rights and international humanitarian law violations as well as war crimes during the initial months of the 2022 Ukrainian invasion. Read more...

Photo: UCLA community members and lawyers gathered for a panel (pictured) co-hosted by the UCLA Burkle Center for International Relations. (Courtesy of Shaanth Kodialam)


UC Board of Regents appoints Katherine Newman as provost

The University of California Board of Regents appointed UC San Diego alumnus Katherine Newman as University of California provost and executive vice president for academic affairs on Tuesday. Read more...

Photo: The University of California Board of Regents appointed Katherine Newman (pictured) as UC provost. (Courtesy of Danh Nguyen and Andrew Kubica/The Boston Headshot)


Former UCLA gynecologist James Heaps found guilty of sexual misconduct

A jury found former UCLA gynecologist James Heaps guilty of sexual misconduct Thursday.  The trial began Aug. 9 after a grand jury indicted Heaps, a former faculty member at the David Geffen School of Medicine, on 21 counts of felony sexual assault in May 2021.  Heaps was found guilty on three counts of sexual battery and two counts of sexual penetration, according to NBC. Read more...

Photo: Former UCLA gynecologist James Heaps (pictured) was found guilty of sexual misconduct Thursday. (David Rimer/Daily Bruin senior staff)


UCLA students sue UC Board of Regents for alleged sexual abuse as camp counselors

Editor’s note: The article contains details of sexual assault that may be disturbing to some readers. Two UCLA students are suing the University of California Board of Regents in response to alleged sexual assault and hazing they experienced as Bruin Woods camp counselors. Read more...

Photo: The UCLA Title IX Office is located in Murphy Hall (pictured). Two UCLA students filed a lawsuit with claims of sexual assault and hazing as camp counselors at an alumni summer getaway. (Daily Bruin file photo)