This post was updated July 12 at 5:00 p.m. Former UCLA men’s basketball player Billy Knight was found dead Tuesday morning in Phoenix less than a month after being accused of sexually abusing a child. The official cause of death has yet to be determined by the Maricopa County medical examiner, but no foul play […]
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Former UCLA basketball player found dead in Sherman Oaks home
This post was updated on July 7 at 1:03 p.m. Tyler Honeycutt, a former UCLA basketball player, was found dead after shooting at police and barricading himself in a Sherman Oaks home Friday. Family members identified Honeycutt on Saturday, after reports that the man had been a former basketball player for both UCLA and the NBA, […]
Shapiro family donates $2M, creates new chairs for pediatrics department
The department of pediatrics in UCLA’s David Geffen School of Medicine received a donation of around $2 million to help treat children with disorders, such as cerebral palsy and autism. Ralph, Shirley, Peter and Alison Shapiro gifted $2.257 million to the department of pediatrics in June. The donation will support the endowed chairs of the […]
UC student advisory board looks to address lapses in sexual violence policies
A new University of California advisory board is addressing shortcomings relating to sexual violence across UC campuses. The Title IX Student Advisory Board, which was created in January, consists of one undergraduate and one graduate representative from each UC campus, except UC San Francisco, which has one graduate representative. Suzanne Taylor, the interim UC Title […]
Are you there, UCLA? It’s me, Mom: UCLA should follow other UCs’ leads on supporting students with dependents
Parenting students and faculty on campus are a forgotten constituency. The voices of nursing mothers have been largely ignored by UCLA, heard only by student activist groups. This is the finale to the column series, which explores the issues these mothers face and the steps UCLA must take to address these unmet needs. The University […]
New e-forum to facilitate spread of social science research within LA community
UCLA faculty can showcase their research and connect it to current events on a new online forum that aims to spread awareness about social science research. Darnell Hunt, a sociology and African American studies professor and dean of social sciences, said he started the LA Social Science e-Forum to make social science research more accessible […]
Baseball knocked out of NCAA tournament in Minnesota rematch loss
The Bruins ran out of arms. No. 2 seed UCLA baseball (38-21) lost 13-8 to No. 1 seed Minnesota (44-13) on Sunday night in the Minneapolis regional, eliminating the Bruins from the NCAA tournament and ending their season. The defeat came hours after the Bruins beat the Gonzaga Bulldogs, which extended their hopes of reaching […]