Brian Lewinstein‘s closest friends said he had a blinding smile with huge dimples and would often go out of his way to check in with his friends if they were going through a rough time. Lewinstein, a UCLA alumnus who graduated in 2016, fell off a waterfall in Umpqua National Forest in southern Oregon on […]
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UCLA awarded title of No. 2 public university in U.S. by international ranking
An international ranking named UCLA the second-best public university in the United States on Tuesday. The 2018 Academic Ranking of World Universities, which was published by the ShanghaiRanking Consultancy, also ranked UCLA 11th in the world out of 1000 universities, an increase from the 12th spot which UCLA had held since 2011. The ShanghaiRanking Consultancy […]
Electric scooters may face enforced regulations to continue operation in LA
An Los Angeles city council member proposed banning electric scooters at the end of July until the city begins issuing permits to companies that make them. City Councilman Paul Koretz proposed a motion July 31 to ban dockless electric scooters and asked transportation officials to issue cease and desist letters to companies that operate them, […]
2018-2019 UC student regent-designate hopes to address educational inequities
A UC San Diego graduate student was confirmed on July 18 as the 2018-2019 student regent-designate and the 2019-2020 student regent. Hayley Weddle, a doctoral student in education studies, said her experiences as an undergraduate studenstudet, staff member and now graduate student at the University of California have prepared her for the role of advising […]
Graduate student under scrutiny after attacking man in Charlottesville rally
A UCLA graduate student who took part in last summer’s Charlottesville riots is under an ongoing investigation by the university after being identified in early July. ProPublica and Frontline found a video of Michael Miselis, an aerospace engineering doctoral student, beating an unidentified African-American man at the Charlottesville “Unite the Right” rally in August 2017. […]
Medina’s sentencing postponed after defense alleges juror misconduct
This post was updated July 23 at 3:41 p.m. A judge postponed the sentencing of Alberto Medina for the 2015 murder of a UCLA student after the defense asked for more time to petition for a new trial. Medina was found guilty of the first-degree murder of Andrea “Andy” DelVesco, a former UCLA student, in […]
Researchers discover correlation between BPA exposure, reproductive dysfunction
UCLA researchers discovered that exposure to some chemicals may cause reproductive defects in future generations of humans. In a study published in May, the researchers in the laboratory of Patrick Allard, an assistant professor in the UCLA Institute for Society and Genetics, demonstrated that bisphenol A, a chemical used to strengthen many plastics, caused fertility […]