The Undergraduate Students Association Council unanimously passed a resolution Oct. 4 in support of the Iranian community at UCLA. The resolution calls on the university to recognize and support the community in the wake of worldwide protests for women’s rights in Iran. Read more...
Photo: (Isabella Lee/Illustrations Director) Photo credit: Isabella Lee
UCLA student activists and leaders are working to improve care for survivors of sexual violence by improving access to rape test kits. This fall, IGNITE at UCLA, a student organization dedicated to reproductive justice advocacy, started a petition calling on UCLA to offer free rape test kit services at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center. Read more...
Photo: A medical report form is pictured. UCLA community members are working to increase access to rape test kits and improve care for survivors of sexual violence. (Dylan Du/Daily Bruin senior staff)
A jury found former UCLA gynecologist James Heaps guilty of sexual misconduct Thursday. The trial began Aug. 9 after a grand jury indicted Heaps, a former faculty member at the David Geffen School of Medicine, on 21 counts of felony sexual assault in May 2021. Heaps was found guilty on three counts of sexual battery and two counts of sexual penetration, according to NBC. Read more...
Photo: Former UCLA gynecologist James Heaps (pictured) was found guilty of sexual misconduct Thursday. (David Rimer/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Editor’s note: The article contains details of sexual assault that may be disturbing to some readers. Two UCLA students are suing the University of California Board of Regents in response to alleged sexual assault and hazing they experienced as Bruin Woods camp counselors. Read more...
Photo: The UCLA Title IX Office is located in Murphy Hall (pictured). Two UCLA students filed a lawsuit with claims of sexual assault and hazing as camp counselors at an alumni summer getaway. (Daily Bruin file photo)
UCLA’s inaugural Hispanic-Serving Institution Director Elizabeth Gonzalez sat down with the Daily Bruin to discuss her qualifications, the university’s goal, her priorities as the HSI director and recommendations from the Hispanic-Serving Institution Task Force. Read more...
Photo: Elizabeth Gonzalez (pictured) was appointed as the inaugural Hispanic-Serving Institution director by the chancellor’s office in June. (Courtesy of Alberto Moreno)
UCLA has been using a service to monitor social media posts since 2018 without significant public notice. The university was one of at least 37 colleges and universities identified in a recent investigation by the Dallas Morning News into the use of Social Sentinel, a service schools can use to monitor students’ public social media accounts for potential threats to campus safety. Read more...
Photo: A phone sits on a chair. A recent investigation by the Dallas Morning News uncovered that UCLA has contracted with Detect, formerly known as Social Sentinel, a service that allows universities to monitor social media content. (Christine Kao/Daily Bruin staff)
This post was updated Oct. 5 at 3:36 p.m. Hundreds of Bruins gathered at Wilson Plaza for the first ever campuswide Latinx Welcome event Tuesday. The 2022 Latinx Welcome: “Sembrando Comunidad” was a historic, campuswide culmination of efforts to promote inclusivity at UCLA and was open to all students, said Alfred Herrera, assistant vice provost for academic partnerships. Read more...
Photo: UCLA hosted students in Wilson Plaza Tuesday afternoon for the first ever campuswide Latinx Welcome event, titled “Sembrando Comunidad.” (Shengfeng Chien/Daily Bruin staff)
