Thursday, August 27

USAC passes vote of no confidence in Napolitano, regents

The undergraduate student government passed a resolution with a 9-4 vote Tuesday expressing no confidence in University of California President Janet Napolitano and the UC Board of Regents. Read more...

Photo: Conrad Contreras, USAC external vice president, helped draft the no confidence resolution that passed Tuesday night. (Austin Yu/Daily Bruin senior staff)




UCLA Brain Research Institute to host neuroscience poster session

The UCLA Brain Research Institute will host an event featuring the work of neuroscience professors, pre-doctoral students and postdoctoral fellows on campus Tuesday afternoon. The BRI Neuroscience Poster Session, a free, annual event aimed to educate community members about UCLA neuroscience research, will showcase more than 150 posters dedicated to brain-related research. Read more...


Man steals packages from Venice/Barry student apartments

University police recently released surveillance images of a man wanted for stealing packages from the mail room of a UCLA graduate student apartment complex late last month. Read more...

Photo: University police are searching for a man wanted for stealing packages from a graduate student apartment complex mail room. (Courtesy of UCPD)



Authors’ Series Lecture to focus on Black Panther memoir

A UCLA research and academic center will host a talk Tuesday about a book detailing the experiences of a member of the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense in Los Angeles during the 1970s. Read more...

Photo: Karin Stanford, who co-authored “Nine Lives of a Black Panther: A Story of Survival,” will conduct a talk on the book Tuesday. (Courtesy of Karin Stanford)