UCLA donor and alumnus Casey Wasserman exchanged emails with Jeffrey Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell in the early 2000s, according to the latest release of the Epstein files. Read more...
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Campus, News
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August 23, 9:17 am
LADWP contains water main burst, limits flooding to UCLA structures
A water main burst on Sunset Boulevard, flooding several UCLA structures, including parking lots 4 and 7 and the Intramural Field. The pipe has since been shut off and the water has been contained, a UCLA official said. (Kanishka Mehra/Photo editor)
By Bernard Mendez
This post was updated Aug. 23 at 2:30 p.m. A water main break that flooded multiple structures on campus Sunday morning has been contained, UCLA officials said.
A Closer Look, Campus, News
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February 2, 6:21 pm
SWC’s Peer Support Lounge provides wellness resources, study space for students
The Peer Support Lounge in Kerckhoff Hall offers free wellness resources – including free snacks, emergency contraceptives and toiletries – to students. The Undergraduate Students Association Council’s student wellness commissioner created the PSL – housed in Kerckhoff Room 308 – in early 2023. Read more...
California, News, Science & Health
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February 2, 5:38 pm
Court reverses former UCLA gynecologist sexual battery conviction, orders retrial
A state appeals court reversed a ruling Monday against a former UCLA gynecologist who was sentenced to prison for felony sexual battery and penetration, sending the case back to court. Read more...
Academics, Campus, News, Obituaries
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February 1, 9:25 pm
Pulitzer Prize winner, former chair of UCLA History Daniel Walker Howe dies at 88
Daniel Walker Howe, the former chair of UCLA’s history department and a Pulitzer Prize winner, died Dec. 25. He was 88 years old. Howe was a faculty member in UCLA’s history department from 1972 to 1993 and served as the department’s chair from 1983 to 1987. Read more...
International, News, Westwood
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February 1, 5:58 pm
Thousands of people protest in Westwood for Iranian regime change
This post was updated Feb. 1 at 9:59 p.m. Thousands of people blocked off streets and protested in Westwood on Sunday for Iranian regime change. Protesters – who chanted “we want freedom” and “Trump, act now” – blocked off parts of Westwood Boulevard between Wilshire Boulevard and Santa Monica Boulevard starting at about 12:45 p.m. The Islamic Republic, Iran’s incumbent government, has killed more than 6,000 people since protests broke out in the country in December amid an economic crisis, according to the United States-based Human Rights Activists News Agency. Read more...
A Closer Look, Campus, International, News, Science & Health
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February 1, 3:49 pm
Congo Basin Institute Club connects Bruins to environmental research in Cameroon
The Congo Basin Institute Club at UCLA provides Bruins with the opportunity to support environmental research conducted by UCLA’s Congo Basin Institute – both on campus and in Cameroon. Read more...
Los Angeles, News, Westwood
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January 31, 8:18 pm
Students, community members participate in Westwood homeless count
Community members documented the number of people experiencing homelessness in Westwood as part of a larger Los Angeles wide count Jan. 22. Both first-time volunteers and returners – including UCLA students and faculty – participated in the Greater Los Angeles Homeless Count, an annual three-day count of the amount of people experiencing homelessness within different LA communities. Read more...
