Editor’s Note: This article contains references to sex offenses, including against minors, which some readers may find disturbing. This article was updated Feb. 13 at 4:55 p.m. Read more...
Photo: Mark Tramo, an associate adjunct professor of neurology, holds a guitar. Tramo corresponded with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein via email between 2010 to 2019, including about Tramo’s UCLA class. (Daily Bruin file photo)
Daniel Walker Howe, the former chair of UCLA’s history department and a Pulitzer Prize winner, died Dec. 25. He was 88 years old. Howe was a faculty member in UCLA’s history department from 1972 to 1993 and served as the department’s chair from 1983 to 1987. Read more...
Photo: Daniel Walker Howe, the former chair of UCLA’s history department and a Pulitzer Prize winner, died Dec. 25 at 88 years old. Howe – a historian of 19th-century religion – studied religious movements and their impacts on American culture. (Courtesy of the Howe family)
Ma’ayan Epstein noticed disparities in patient care when working in the field as a psychiatry clinical research coordinator. She said she found that patients from lower-income areas – not privately insured – were less likely to receive treatment and prognosis from health care professionals. Read more...
Photo: Members of the pinkLab is pictured with Venice Family Clinic as part of the Mobile Clinic Project service-learning course. (Courtesy of Sarah Blenner)
Abraham Adhanom was wrapping up his 14th year of teaching two African language courses when the dean of humanities notified him his classes would be eliminated after spring 2025. Read more...
Photo: The African Studies Center in Bunche Hall is pictured. Professors, lecturers and department heads from various language programs said UCLA has threatened to – or already has – downsized language programs because of budget cuts, both at the state and federal level. (Joice Ngo/Daily Bruin)
This post was updated Jan. 27 at 9:58 p.m. Gareth James will serve as the next dean of the UCLA Anderson School of Management, UCLA announced Jan. Read more...
Photo: The UCLA Anderson School of Management is pictured. Gareth James, a statistician from New Zealand and current John H. Harland Dean of Goizueta Business School at Emory University, was named dean of the School of Management on Jan. 12. (Daily Bruin file photo)
Quincy Peters’ family friend was shot and killed by police in 2008. Fifteen years later, she began working at the UCLA BioCritical Studies Lab – where researchers analyze the autopsies of people who have died in jails or during encounters with law enforcement officers – with the hopes of making legislative change to the policing system. Read more...
Photo: Keel and the BCS lab are pictured with the book. (Courtesy of Terence Keel)
More than 100 people gathered Wednesday in Wilson Plaza to eat Persian food, practice Chinese calligraphy and watch traditional performances as part of World Languages Day. Read more...
Photo: Community members attend UCLA’s World Languages Day event in Wilson Plaza. The annual event highlighted various language programs, study abroad options and post-graduation employment opportunities for multilingual students. (Elle Smith/Daily Bruin)
