A UCLA scientist and professor emeritus of the David Geffen School of Medicine donated $1 million to the UCLA Paul I. and Hisako Terasaki Center for Japanese Studies, officials announced Thursday. Paul Terasaki’s donation will serve to expand the center, promoting new initiatives like the Global Japan Program, which aims to serve the next generation […]
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Photo: Students, faculty design environmentally friendly housing
Dana Cuff, director of CityLab at UCLA and a professor of architecture and urban design, led a team of students and faculty in designing affordable and environmentally friendly housing. They created the BI(h)OME behind the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Center.
Strathmore Drive under construction to increase clearance height
This post was updated on June 24 at 6:25 p.m. Campus officials have closed Strathmore Drive between Westwood Plaza and Charles E. Young Drive East until the end of August as workers increase the height of the bridge above the street. Students will still be able to walk under the bridge during the construction, but […]
Fire at San Bernardino Mountains forces UniCamp to relocate
A UCLA summer camp program relocated its first session after a wildfire broke out in the San Bernardino Mountains Wednesday afternoon and threatened air quality at the original campsite. About 60 UCLA student volunteers and leaders who were present for on-site training before the first session were safely evacuated. No children were present at the […]
Communication studies lecturer Marde Gregory retires after 41 years
Marde Gregory opened a desk drawer in her office to reveal a heap of colorful socks, and tried to offer a pair to one of her students. “I get cold when I see students wearing no socks,” Gregory said. Gregory said she wants students to consider her feelings about getting cold easily and encourages them […]
Lawsuit alleges UC Regents’ indifference toward Title IX violations
Two graduate students filed a federal lawsuit against the University of California Board of Regents Thursday, alleging UCLA officials did not adequately address complaints that a professor sexually harassed them. Nefertiti Takla and Kristen Glasgow, both graduate students in history, alleged history professor Gabriel Piterberg sexually harassed them, including making unwelcome sexual comments and advances, […]
UCPD looking for man responsible for sexual assault attempt on student
University police are searching for a man who attempted to grab a UCLA student’s buttocks outside De Neve Plaza Sunday evening. The student was walking on the De Neve Plaza crosswalk about 4:30 p.m. when an unknown man tried to grab her, according to police logs. The man made no physical contact. The man was […]