This post was updated Aug. 21 at 10:26 p.m. Editor’s note: This post was updated to better reflect the complicated nature of Benjamin Frandsen’s trials and conviction. Read more...
Photo: Benjamin Frandsen poses for a photo at a recent storytelling event he attended. (Courtesy of Benjamin Frandsen)
This post was updated Aug. 6 at 9:04 p.m. A UCLA student earned a scholarship intended to empower LGBTQ+ leaders in higher education. Born in the San Fernando Valley to Mexican immigrant parents, fourth-year geography/environmental studies and labor studies student David Ramirez said he attended Pasadena City College before transferring to UCLA. Read more...
Photo: Pictured is David Ramirez, who has been awarded a Point Foundation flagship scholarship. (Christine Kao/Daily Bruin staff)
Lawrence Kruger, an emeritus distinguished professor of neurobiology and supporter of the performing arts, died July 12 in Los Angeles. He was 93 years old. He is survived by his wife Virginia, two daughters and three grandchildren. Read more...
Photo: A photo of Professor Lawrence Kruger, who died July 12 in Los Angeles. Professor Kruger was a member of the neurobiology faculty and a supporter of the performing arts at UCLA. (Courtesy of Paula Henson)
This post was updated July 30 at 7:10 p.m. Richard Hovannisian, an influential professor of Armenian history, died July 10. He was 90 years old. Hovannisian, who joined the history department in 1969 after completing his doctorate at UCLA, studied the history of the First Armenian Republic and the Armenian Genocide. Read more...
Photo: Pictured is Professor Richard Hovannisian, an influential professor of Armenian history who died July 10 (Courtesy of the collection of the USC Dornsife Institute of Armenian Studies)
Campus Queries is a series in which Daily Bruin readers and staff present science-related questions for UCLA professors and experts to answer. Q: Why have sea lions been biting people in Southern California? Read more...
This post was updated July 16 at 5:37 p.m. After being disillusioned with their undergraduate education at the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa, Rae Kuruhara was ready to quit school. Read more...
Photo: A comic that doctoral student Rae Kuruhara drew as part of an academic dissertation is pictured. (Courtesy of Rae Kuruhara)
This post was updated July 2 at 7:44 p.m. The object that defined Kendra Christian’s academic year was one she barely used. Christian, a first-year English student, said that although she initially brought a ball of yarn because she planned on knitting in her dorm, she ended up knitting less and socializing more than anticipated this year. Read more...
Photo: Students are pictured moving out of their dorms with the assistance of carts. Students had until June 16 to move out of their on-campus housing. (Daily Bruin file photo)
