Former UCLA School of Dentistry student Jaime Tran agreed to plead guilty Tuesday to all charges related to him shooting two Jewish men in February 2023 as they left religious services. Tran, who was last enrolled at UCLA in 2018, pled guilty to two counts of hate crimes with intent to kill and two counts of using, carrying and discharging a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence, according to a Tuesday press release from the United States Department of Justice. Tran is expected to plead guilty to those felony charges in front of U.S. Read more...
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Campus, News, Student Government
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May 13, 9:56 pm
USAC general representative candidate allegedly suggested destruction of encampment
In a recording sent to a UCLA political science students’ GroupMe, a person claiming to be a candidate for the Undergraduate Students Association Council suggested bulldozing the Palestine solidarity encampment and shooting its participants. Read more...
Photo: Kerckhoff Hall, where the Undergraduate Students Association Council offices are hosted, is pictured.(Daily Bruin file photo)
Crime, Los Angeles, News
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May 13, 7:31 pm
Community members share traits they want to see in new LAPD police chief
Community members highlighted issues they want to see addressed by the next LAPD police chief during a webinar Tuesday. The webinar – co-hosted by District 5 Councilmember Katy Yaroslavsky and the Los Angeles Board of Police Commissioners on Tuesday evening – allowed participants to share complaints surrounding officers, including slow response times. Read more...
Photo: Dominic Choi, who is the interim chief of LAPD, is pictured alongside Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass. Katy Yaroslavsky and the LA Board of Police Commissioners held a webinar Tuesday to hear community input on characteristics they want the new chief to hold. (Courtesy of the Office of Mayor Bass)
Campus, News, Student Government
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May 13, 6:35 pm
USAC Recap – May 7
The Undergraduate Students Association Council held its first meeting of May virtually Tuesday. USAC is the official student government representing the undergraduate student body at UCLA. Read more...
Campus, News, Science & Health
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May 12, 11:25 pm
STEPS for Youth tool aims to explain science of adolescence to policymakers
The UCLA Center for the Developing Adolescent is bridging neuroscience and policy with a new online tool. The STEPS for Youth tool – which stands for Science to Enhance Policy Success for Youth – seeks to explain the science of adolescence in an accessible manner for policymakers and practitioners, said Andrew Fuligni, the center’s co-executive director. Read more...
Photo: The Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior is pictured. The Center for the Developing Adolescent, which is part of the institute, is launching a new online tool to help inform policymakers about adolescent-related science. (Zimo Li/Daily Bruin)
News, Science & Health
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May 12, 11:24 pm
Former UCLA oncologist awarded $14 million in retried gender discrimination case
The Los Angeles Superior Court awarded $14 million to a former UCLA oncologist Thursday following an eight-year battle over her gender discrimination lawsuit. Dr. Lauren Pinter-Brown, a former hematologic oncologist at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, sued the UC Board of Regents in 2016, alleging that she was discriminated against by her male colleagues and that she was receiving, on average, $200,000 less than them annually. Read more...
Photo: The Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center is pictured. Dr. Lauren Pinter-Brown, a former UCLA hematologic oncologist, was awarded $14 million Thursday in a gender discrimination lawsuit retrial. The case was originally overturned, but the retrial sided with Pinter-Brown for a second time. (Daily Bruin file photo)
A Closer Look, Campus, News
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May 12, 6:43 pm
UCLA teaching assistants remain optimistic despite increasing difficulties
Amid the hustle and bustle of UCLA’s campus, teaching assistant James Johnson wakes up at 5:30 a.m. in preparation for the day ahead of him. Like many other TAs, Johnson, a graduate student in the philosophy department, spends his mornings navigating the course materials for his sections, thinking about how to supplement the week’s lectures. Read more...
Photo: Pictured is Royce Hall in Dickson Plaza. Teaching assistants at UCLA teach more than 33,000 undergraduate students, including in buildings around the plaza. (Daily Bruin file photo)