This post was updated April 15 at 12:38 p.m. Protesters interrupted a Bruin Day event held for thousands of incoming students by chanting “Stop protecting sexual harassers” and “Stop protecting Piterberg,” in Pauley Pavilion on Saturday morning. About 15 people stood up with banners, including one that read “#firepiterberg,” during Chancellor Gene Block and Undergraduate […]
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Students put personal twists on fundraising for Dance Marathon
This weekend, dancing comes with a price. Besides the physical and emotional strength it takes to dance 26 hours straight, students must also raise $10 per every hour they dance, which equals to $260. The Pediatric AIDS Coalition at UCLA, which organizes the annual Dance Marathon and advocates for HIV and AIDS research and education, […]
Alum shares seats, friendship on rides to and back from Bay Area
A UCLA alumnus prides himself on turning what could be a tiresome, six-hour drive through the farms of California into a karaoke party on wheels. Michael Nguyen, who graduated in 2013 and is now a California State University, San Bernardino adjunct professor, often rents out a van for major school breaks to shuttle UCLA students […]
Assistant professor works with Pueblo tribes to preserve their languages
Erin Debenport works with indigenous tribes in the Rio Grande Valley to help preserve their languages. But she has to keep her work a secret. Debenport, an assistant professor of linguistic and sociocultural anthropology who joined the UCLA faculty in fall 2016, said the tribes she works with are losing their languages because young people […]
Medical school alumnus and professor emeritus dies at age 87
Ronald Reisner rarely missed a basketball game coached by John Wooden. He cheered the team on with his family and when Wooden’s games were over, his support of UCLA continued for decades in the medical school. Reisner, a UCLA alumnus and professor emeritus of medicine/dermatology at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, died […]
School of Nursing dean looks to maintain the school’s academic prestige
A few years ago, paths on campus were littered with cigarettes and the air was not as fresh. The nursing school’s new dean helped change that when she led the effort to make UCLA a tobacco-free campus. Linda Sarna, a UCLA alumna and longtime faculty member who led the UCLA tobacco-free initiative, became the new […]
UCLA law lecturer remembered for bringing warmth, empathy to campus
Students remember Skye Donald as a lecturer who introduced them to the legal world with joy and empathy, even as she was battling cancer. “We’re going to miss that can-do energy and positive appreciation of life,” said Eileen Scallen, Donald’s supervisor and associate dean for curriculum and academic affairs at UCLA School of Law. Donald, a […]