A professor approached Ciara Kelly in tears at an event where 1,000 backpacks spanned Wilson Plaza to represent the more than 1,000 college students who are lost to suicide in the United States each year. Read more...
Photo: Ciara Kelly stands on an Ashe Center staircase. (Joe Akira/Daily Bruin)
MAGI grasped a silver cup between its two metal claws in one hand. With the other hand, the robot dropped a red, bubble gum-sized ball into the cup. Read more...
Photo: (Liz Ketcham/Assistant Photo editor) Graduate students in RoMeLa temporarily fix MAGI’s arm.
University of California librarians and their allies marched across campus Wednesday with their mouths taped shut in support of academic freedom for librarians. University Council-American Federation of Teachers, a union that represents UC librarians and non-Senate faculty, held the demonstration during their lunch break between contract negotiation sessions with the University of California Office of the President. Read more...
Photo: A union for UC librarians and non-Senate faculty held a demonstration Wednesday in between contract negotiation sessions to oppose academic censorship of librarians. (Niveda Tennety/Daily Bruin)
The Undergraduate Students Association Council is the official student government representing the undergraduate student body at UCLA. Council meetings take place every Tuesday at 7 p.m. Read more...
Westwood Village will soon have its first neighborhood representatives since its subdivision from the Westwood Neighborhood Council. The North Westwood Formation Committee met Sunday night to determine the details of the North Westwood Neighborhood Council’s first board selection. Read more...
Photo: Michael Skiles is the Graduate Student Association president and a member of Westwood Forward. Skiles said the North Westwood Neighborhood Council’s first board selection is expected to cost $900. (Jacob Preal/Daily Bruin senior staff)
This post was updated Sept. 23 at 10:07 p.m. A Los Angeles judge dismissed criminal charges against a UCLA professor whose failure to enforce proper safety precautions resulted in a 2008 lab fire and the death of a lab assistant. Read more...
Photo: The Molecular Biology Institute, where the fire happened almost 10 years ago. (Amy Dixon/Photo editor)
Alberto Medina, a former Fresno State University student, was sentenced to life without parole for the murder of a UCLA student. Medina was found guilty of killing Andrea DelVesco in a trial by jury in May. Read more...
Photo: Alberto Medina, a former Fresno State University student, was sentenced to life without parole for the 2015 murder of UCLA student Andrea DelVesco. (MacKenzie Coffman/Assistant Photo editor)
