Students held an open workshop on police brutality Thursday in Dickson Court. About 100 students attended Dialogue: Law Enforcement Power, organized by 47 students of the honors class Chicana/o Studies 166: “Paulo Freire for Chicana/Chicano Classroom.” The event featured a workshop and discussions led by guest speakers, including a former public defender and students. The […]
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Panera Bread to open location in Westwood Village
Panera Bread plans to open a location in Westwood Village at the start of May, following a years-long battle to open the restaurant’s doors. The location on Westwood Boulevard has had a “Coming Soon” sign on its storefront windows since early 2013, but has postponed its opening because of complications with a Westwood land-use plan. […]
UCLA community members gauge interest in new late-night ride service
Two UCLA community members are looking for student feedback as part of a potential project to start a new late-night ride service for students. Nihal Satyadev, a Westwood resident and former UCLA student, and Ian Cocroft, a third-year political science student, recently released an online survey to gauge the need for an additional ride-service program […]
Napolitano provides feedback on proposed college rating system
University of California President Janet Napolitano said in a statement she supports the U.S. Department of Education’s new framework for college ratings Wednesday, though she thinks the system is too simplistic and can improve in many areas. The rating system, authorized by President Barack Obama, seeks to help students and families select the best college […]
Family, friends commemorate Posse scholar Christian Guzman at vigil
About 250 students, professors, family and friends held a candlelight vigil Thursday night in Sunset Village to commemorate UCLA student Christian Guzman, who died on Sunday at a retreat with The Posse Foundation. He was 21. “Christian was an example of love,” said Maritza Galdamos, his mother, at the vigil. “He always inspired me to […]
UCLA alumnus donates $2.5M to fund Engineering VI laboratory
UCLA alumnus Mukund Padmanabhan recently donated $2.5 million to fund a laboratory in his name in the new Engineering VI building. The laboratory will focus on semiconductor systems, according to a UCLA press release. Padmanabhan studied electrical engineering at UCLA, and he received his master’s degree in 1989 and doctorate in 1992. He currently conducts […]
Ongoing Tiverton Drive closure creates frustrations for cyclists
The closure of Tiverton Drive for the construction of a new UCLA Health building has drawn criticism from some cyclists and the UCLA Bicycle Academy. The construction of the Teaching and Learning Center for Health Sciences has been ongoing since September 2013 and is expected to end in fall 2016, according to a university statement. […]