Monica Hirsch stayed behind to hug mourning students after a vigil in response to a shooting at a synagogue in Pittsburgh. Her cousin was among the victims of the shooting. Read more...
Photo: Speakers at the vigil included Jewish leaders, student government officials and UCLA Chancellor Gene Block. (Andy Bao/Daily Bruin)
UCLA’s department of economics received $2 million to fund a mentorship program for students pursuing careers in finance. The donation from Kevin Albert, a co-founder of the Sharpe Fellows Program, will be used to establish the Albert Family Career Development Endowed Fund within the economics department. Read more...
Photo: The donation from Kevin Albert, a co-founder of the Sharpe Fellows Program, will be used to establish the Albert Family Career Development Endowed Fund within the economics department. (Daily Bruin file photo)
Associated Students UCLA is a multimillion-dollar organization that provides student services and activities the university does not fund. It oversees the Undergraduate Students Association Council, Graduate Students Association, Communications Board, campus services and enterprises. Read more...
A UCLA program that supports veterans received $20.1 million to expand treatment for veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder and brain injuries. UCLA Health Operation Mend, which provides medical treatment for individuals injured during combat after 9/11, received the five-year grant from Wounded Warrior Project on Tuesday. Read more...
Photo: UCLA Health Operation Mend, which provides medical treatment for individuals injured during combat after 9/11, will double the number of veterans it is able to take into care following a grant from Wounded Warrior Project on Tuesday. (Daily Bruin file photo)
A UCLA alumnus was awarded the UCLA Medal at Chancellor Gene Block’s residence Wednesday. Morton La Kretz, who graduated from UCLA in 1948, has made many charitable donations to UCLA. Read more...
Photo: Morton La Kretz, who graduated from UCLA in 1948, has made many charitable donations to UCLA. He most recently donated $15 million to the renovation of the La Kretz Botany Building, formerly known as the UCLA Botany Building. (Courtesy of UCLA Newsroom)
A civil rights attorney said he thinks the Trump administration is the most anti-Latino administration in the country’s history. Thomas Saenz, president of the Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund, spoke about immigration policies at a forum at UCLA Law School on Thursday. Read more...
Photo: Thomas Saenz, president of the Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund, spoke about immigration policies at a forum at the UCLA Law School on Thursday. (Axel Lopex/Assistant Photo editor)
A University of California employee union ended its three-day strike Thursday with hopes the UC will return to bargaining with better offers of health care benefits, retirement benefits and job security. Read more...
Photo: A University of California employee union ended its three-day strike Thursday with hopes the UC will return to bargaining with better offers of health care benefits, retirement benefits and job security. (MacKenzie Coffman/Assistant Photo editor)
