This post was updated 2:04 p.m. on May 31. An individual at UCLA was diagnosed with whooping cough, prompting county health officials to advise several people on campus to get vaccinations. The individual, who had spent time in Murphy Hall, was diagnosed with whooping cough within the last two weeks, according to an email sent […]
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UCLA professor emeritus sentenced to eight years in prison for sexual assault
A former UCLA professor was sentenced to eight years in state prison for sexually assaulting two children for several years. Thomas Fairleigh Denove, a professor emeritus in the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television, was sentenced to six years – the minimum sentence – for one count of long-term sexual abuse of a child […]
Two UCLA buildings potentially exposed to measles, one student infected
This post was updated May 2 at 3:51 p.m. All UCLA students and faculty who were quarantined for possible exposure to measles last week have been released from quarantine as of Thursday. The students and faculty were cleared after they verified their vaccination history or after they were deemed no longer to be at risk […]
UCLA parents involved in college admissions scandal will plead guilty to charges
UCLA parents involved in the recent college admissions scandal plan to plead guilty to fraud charges. Davina and Bruce Isackson agreed to plead guilty to conspiracy to commit mail fraud and honest services mail fraud, according to a Los Angeles Times article. Bruce Isackson additionally agreed to plead guilty to one count of money laundering […]
Bob Woodward criticizes media’s coverage of Donald Trump in lecture series
For Bob Woodward, everyone, especially the media, needs to take some Valium and calm down. Reporters have become too embroiled in the war between the president of the United States and the media, he said. Woodward, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist famous for uncovering the Watergate scandal, spoke about the relationship between journalists and President Donald […]
US Department of Education to investigate UCLA, schools involved in bribery scheme
The U.S. Department of Education sent letters Tuesday stating it will investigate UCLA and seven other universities involved in a recent admissions scandal. Parents and coaches were accused March 12 of falsifying standardized test scores and bribing coaches to secure admission for their children at prestigious universities. Jorge Salcedo, the recently resigned men’s soccer coach […]
Former UCLA men’s soccer coach pleads not guilty to racketeering charges
Jorge Salcedo pled not guilty to charges of racketeering Monday, according to court documents. The former men’s soccer coach appeared in a Boston federal court on Monday regarding allegations that he accepted bribes from parents in exchange for securing spots on the UCLA soccer teams, as well as admission into the university, for their children. […]