This post was updated Nov. 5 at 10:25 p.m. Charles E. Young, who served as UCLA chancellor from 1968 to 1997, died Oct. 22. He was 91 years old. Read more...
Photo: Pictured is Charles E Young, who served as UCLA’s chancellor from 1968 until 1997. Young oversaw significant expansion at the university, including through construction and expanded enrollment. (Daily Bruin file photo)
This post was updated Nov. 5 at 10:37 p.m. Former Cannaclub at UCLA President Hannah Cass said the comparison between the state of the club during the pandemic and hosting its first convention Thursday is stark. Read more...
Photo: Pictured is a talk at CannaclubCon, a convention hosted by a student club that aims to promote education and advocacy surrounding cannabis. The convention was hosted Nov. 2 in the Ackerman Grand Ballroom. (Julia Zhou/Assistant Photo editor)
This post was updated Nov. 5 at 10:32 p.m. The UCLA Mattel Children’s Hospital hosted its annual Halloween celebration Tuesday for pediatric cancer patients. To celebrate the holiday, hospital staff organized activities – including trick-or-treating, a magic show, a haunted house and more – for children in the hospital. Read more...
Photo: Renha, a patient at the UCLA Mattel Children’s Hospital, holds open a blue bag for a staff member to place gifts in. The hospital hosted its annual Halloween celebration Tuesday, which featured a trick-or-treating path and a guest visit from a Los Angeles Lakers basketball player. (Jeremy Chen/Daily Bruin senior staff)
This post was updated Nov. 5 at 10:17 p.m. BURBANK, Calif. – A judge granted the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s office a retrial on all hung counts remaining against former UCLA gynecologist James Heaps on Friday. Read more...
Photo: Former UCLA gynecologist James Heaps is pictured. Heaps, who was convicted in October 2022 on various counts of sexual misconduct and sentenced to 11 years in prison in April, will be retried for the remaining nine counts that were deadlocked. (Daily Bruin file photo)
The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music started offering a new music industry Bachelor of Arts program this fall. Robert Fink, an associate dean for academic affairs in the School of Music, said in an emailed statement that the major will consist of many of the same classes as the existing music industry minor, in addition to capstone projects and presentations. Read more...
Photo: The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music is pictured. The School of Music began offering a music industry major this fall. (Daily Bruin file photo)
A recent study by Los Angeles researchers found that historic redlining practices contributed to the development of distinct bird communities throughout LA. By aligning census and mapping data from the 1940s to the present with current bird and vegetation distribution data, the researchers demonstrated that greenlined areas, which historically had more green space, tend to have more birds that associate with natural habitat features. Read more...
Photo: A bird is pictured. Recent research by Los Angeles-based professors demonstrated that the geographic distributions of certain bird populations are correlated with the historical zoning practice of redlining. (Julia Zhou/Assistant Photo editor)
The Los Angeles city council unanimously approved a project Oct. 20 to build an interim housing facility for people experiencing homelessness in Westwood. The project will be located at the site of a city-owned parking lot on the corner of Pico Boulevard and Midvale Avenue. Read more...
Photo: Pictured is Midvale Avenue in Westwood. The Los Angeles City Council approved the creation of an interim housing facility on the corner of Pico Boulevard and Midvale Avenue for people experiencing homelessness. (Catherine Hamilton/Daily Bruin senior staff)
