Friday, March 27

UCLA class of 2016 enters a weak but improving job market

UCLA graduates will enter an improved job market in June but may still face challenges finding full-time employment after graduating. According to the UCLA Career Center’s 2015 First Destination survey, about 33 percent of UCLA graduates with bachelor’s degrees had full-time job offers within six months. Read more...




UC students, officials show support for UCLA after campus tragedy

University of California students, administration and leaders showed their support for UCLA after the murder-suicide Wednesday. UC Riverside and UC Irvine students held vigils Friday night to mourn the death of mechanical and aerospace engineering professor, William Klug. Read more...

Photo: UC Irvine students held vigils Friday night to mourn the death of UCLA professor, William Klug in Wednesday’s murder-suicide at UCLA. (Courtesy of Caroline Nguyen)


UCLA alum’s cards of kindness aim to lift spirits after tragedy

The morning after Wednesday’s campus shooting, UCLA alumnus Justin Renge drove to campus with a bag of 50 envelopes. Each envelop contained anonymous notes and money, which he distributed to random locations across the campus. Read more...

Photo: UCLA alumnus Justin Renge said he wanted to give back in some way following Wednesday’s tragedy on campus. (Michael Zshornack/Assistant Photo editor)


Professor William Klug remembered for service to students, innovative work

William “Bill” Klug introduced himself in the first lecture of his programming class with a family photo of himself, his wife and two young children. Klug wanted students to understand what he was like both in and out of work, said Amirhossein Kaboodrangidaem, a graduate student in bioengineering and Klug’s former student. Read more...

Photo: William Klug, an associate professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, was killed Wednesday morning in Engineering Building IV. He is remembered for his commitment to his students and his work with the Klug Research Group. (Courtesy of Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science)


Vigils help UCLA community commemorate lives lost to gun violence

The plain night sky above Bruin Plaza was lit by hundreds of candlelights Thursday. Students held the candles in silence, mourning professor William Klug, who was killed in a murder-suicide Wednesday. Read more...

Photo: Students mourned professor William Klug and other victims of gun violence at vigils Thursday and Friday. (Kelly Ma/Daily Bruin)



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