UCLA professors said recent attacks against faculty on campus and at the University of Southern California would not affect how they interact with students. USC neuroscience professor Bosco Tjan died last Friday after being stabbed in his office. Police arrested David Brown, a former student of Tjan’s, who was still at the scene when police […]
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Free summer program at UCLA to promote careers in health, medicine
Students interested in health careers can now apply to attend a free six-week summer program. Students can apply to the UCLA Summer Health Professions Education Program until March 1. The program, which will be hosted by the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine and the UCLA School of Dentistry, aims to encourage underprivileged students to […]
UCPD searching for man responsible for Gayley Avenue burglary
University police are searching for a burglar who stole two laptops from an apartment on Gayley Avenue early Friday morning. Surveillance video from the apartment showed a man entering the apartment and locking the door behind him, according to a UCPD alert. Police believe he fled from an open window. The man was black and […]
LAPD fires two officers following death of UCLA student
The Los Angeles Police Department fired two officers who visited the apartment of UCLA student Andrea “Andy” DelVesco shortly after she was killed in September 2015. Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck fired Rhoadell Sudduth in May and Alisha Williams in September, according to documents obtained by CNN. An internal LAPD investigation found both officers […]
Man hospitalized after being struck with a rod
A man was hospitalized after an altercation with another man Saturday afternoon. The first man hit the other man with a rod between 2:45 p.m. and 3 p.m. in front of Pauley Pavillion, a high school student who witnessed the fight said. University police officer Jason Pak said the two men came onto campus to […]
UCPD searching for burglar who stole a laptop from students’ apartment
University police are searching for a burglar who entered an apartment on Midvale and Levering avenues early Tuesday morning and stole a laptop and its charger. The person entered the first-floor apartment through its dining room window between 2 a.m. and 6 a.m., said Samantha Cardona, a fourth-year psychology student who lives in the apartment. […]
UCPD releases annual Clery crime report for 2015
More robberies were reported on or around campus in 2015 than in 2014, according to an annual university police report released last week. The statistics come from Clery reports, which describe crime on and near the UCLA campus as required by the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act. Robbery […]