UCLA chemistry professor Patrick Harran reached a settlement Friday accepting responsibility for conditions in a UCLA laboratory where a 2008 fire led to the death of a 23-year-old staff research assistant. Harran, 44, will have to teach a high school chemistry course, complete 800 community service hours and pay a $10,000 fine, as part of […]
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USAC General Representative 2 Nihal Satyadev resigns from office
This post was updated at 2 p.m. Undergraduate student government councilmember Nihal Satyadev resigned from the General Representative 2 position on June 12 for personal reasons, less than two weeks after being sworn into office. Satyadev, a member of the Bruins United slate and a former bioengineering student, was elected to the Undergraduate Students Association […]
UCPD makes four arrests over course of Undie Run night
University police arrested four people during and after the quarterly Undie Run on Wednesday night, which attracted thousands of participants and onlookers. More than 10,000 people gathered on the northwest corner of Strathmore Drive and Charles E. Young Drive West at about 11:30 p.m. on Wednesday and began running just before midnight, UCPD spokeswoman Nancy […]
7000 in Solidarity puts on red tape event for commencement ceremonies
Some graduating UCLA students are planning to show support for survivors of sexual assault at Friday’s commencement ceremonies by wearing red tape on their graduation caps. The tape is meant to symbolize bureaucratic restrictions and formal rules that hinder efforts for social change and action. The 7000 in Solidarity campaign against sexual assault at UCLA […]
Bruins host book drive to promote literacy in Uganda
A recently created student group is holding a book drive this week to help raise money for donations to libraries in Uganda. The Literate Earth Project at UCLA plans to work with Books For Africa, which ships donated textbooks and library books to Africa, to combat global illiteracy and help local primary and secondary schools […]
Committee to present proposed bylaws for USAC transfer seat
Undergraduate student government officers and transfer student advocates finished outlining the responsibilities for a newly created transfer representative council position Thursday night. Under the proposed bylaws change, the transfer student representative would work with student groups and the vice chancellor of student affairs to improve student retention. The representative would also address issues related to […]
UCLA students launch model aircraft in engineering class
The engine of a small, student-built plane roared to life as about 50 students and professors gathered to watch it complete a seven-meter-long track. The fourth-year aerospace engineering students who made the plane cringed as its engine stalled, causing their aircraft to loop midair over the finish line and crash into the ground. “Oh, no,” […]