This post was updated Feb. 8 at 2:07 p.m. UCLA is considering implementing facial recognition software to the campus’ security camera system, prompting concern from students. Read more...
Photo: Approximately 200 students attended a town hall Wednesday in regards to a UCLA draft policy that would implement facial recognition software to the campus’ security camera system. (Daanish Bhatti/Daily Bruin)
This post was updated Jan. 30 at 1:52 p.m. Hazing killed Lianne Kowiak’s son in college. She says stopping hazing is everyone’s responsibility. Roughly 250 people attended a speech by Kowiak, an anti-hazing advocate, at UCLA’s Pauley Pavilion Club on Tuesday night. Read more...
Photo: Lianne Kowiak’s son died as a result of hazing in 2008. She now travels to high schools and colleges across the country telling his story and advocating for stricter anti-hazing laws. (Christine Kao/Daily Bruin)
The Yanai Initiative, which connects UCLA to Waseda University in Japan to study Japanese literature and culture, will become a permanent fixture on campus after a $25 million donation. Read more...
Photo: The Yanai Initiative was established in 2014 after a $2.5 million donation from Tadashi Yanai, founder of the Japanese clothing company UNIQLO. Yanai donated an additional $25 million Jan. 15, making the initiative a permanent campus entity. (Courtesy of UCLA Newsroom)
UCLA plans to build a seven-story apartment building for faculty on a vacant lot on Hilgard Avenue by November 2022, according to a university environmental review notice. Read more...
UCLA received a $30 million donation to fund an ongoing renovation of the UCLA Psychology Tower, according to a university press release Tuesday. The building will be renamed Pritzker Hall in recognition of the donation from the Anthony and Jeanne Pritzker Family Foundation. Read more...
Photo: UCLA will rename its psychology building Pritzker Hall after a $30 million donation from the Anthony and Jeanne Pritzker Family Foundation. (Amy Dixon/Daily Bruin senior staff)
UCLA has hired a new director for its Campus Assault Resources and Education center. The new director, Jennifer Jiries, began her post Jan. 13. She is succeeding previous director Alicia Oeser, who served for the 2018-2019 school year before departing in May. Read more...
Photo: UCLA’s new Campus Assault Resources and Education director Jennifer Jiries said she is excited to work with the CARE team and has received support from both her colleagues and administrators. (Martín Bilbao/Daily Bruin senior staff)
This post was updated Jan. 30 at 10:11 a.m. University police are searching for two men involved in an alleged armed assault Tuesday. The two men allegedly assaulted two people with a handgun at Hitch Suites before fleeing toward Sunset Boulevard, according to a UCPD crime alert. Read more...
Photo: Two men were allegedly involved in an armed assault at Hitch Suites on Tuesday. University police are searching for the two men. (Daily Bruin file photo)
