This post was updated Sept. 28 at 9:18 p.m. Editor’s note: This article contains mentions of child sexual abuse that may be disturbing to some readers. Read more...
Photo: The UCLA Krieger Child Care Center is pictured. A law firm representing an additional victim of Christopher Rodriguez – a former teacher at the Krieger Center who was convicted on multiple counts of child sexual abuse in April – has filed a lawsuit against the UC, alleging negligence. (Myka Fromm/Daily Bruin senior staff)
This post was updated Oct. 1 at 1:53 a.m. A 17-story office building in Westwood is set to be converted to 320 new apartment units. Douglas Emmett – a real estate investment trust that owns and operates office buildings and apartment complexes in Southern California and Honolulu – acquired the property, located at 10900 Wilshire Blvd., from Tishman Speyer for $131 million in January. Read more...
Photo: (Gina Namkung/Daily Bruin)
Hundreds of researchers, faculty and students attended a two-part science fair for suspended research projects Sept. 10 and 11. The UCLA Faculty Association and the UCLA Brain Research Institute led the first day of the fair at the northwest corner of Westwood Boulevard and Le Conte Avenue. Read more...
Photo: Attendees and United Auto Workers Local 4811 members view posters of suspended research in the Rolfe Hall courtyard. Nearly $600 million of UCLA’s federal research funding was frozen by the federal government in July. (Maggie Konecky/Daily Bruin senior staff)
The Westwood Village Improvement Association announced that it found housing for its first unhoused client through the Midvale Housing Program at the North Westwood Neighborhood Council meeting Sept. Read more...
In one year, Irene Ontiveros completed clinical rotations, turned in her final graduate school assignments and welcomed her daughter into the world. With her graduation from the Joe C. Read more...
Photo: Ontiveros pictured with her peers and mentors during her graduation at the Joe C. Wen School of Nursing. She cited this network as some of her “biggest cheerleaders” throughout this time. (Courtesy of Kristi Westphaln)
A group of UCLA researchers is using an air quality monitoring system across the Westside of Los Angeles to better understand contamination following the Palisades fire. Read more...
Photo: The sky above Los Angeles is pictured. A UCLA team is using air quality monitors to inform LA residents about pollution after the Palisades fire. (Michael Gallagher/Assistant Photo editor)
Eight months after the Palisades fire burned parts of Topanga State Park and Will Rogers State Historic Park, both areas are reaching new stages of recovery. Read more...
Photo: (Mabel Neyyan/Daily Bruin)
