Sunday, April 19

CARE director to potentially finish term after UCLA chooses to not renew contract

This post was updated on May 13 at 7:05 p.m. Administrators will not renew the contract of a sexual assault resource program director for the 2019-2020 academic year. Read more...

Photo: UCLA will not renew Campus Assault Resources and Education director Alicia Oeser’s contract for the next academic year. Students said they are concerned that administrators have not publicized or explained their decision. (Ashley Kenney/Daily Bruin)


1,000 firearms seized from Holmby Hills mansion, man arrested and released on bail

Los Angeles police seized over 1,000 firearms at a Holmby Hills mansion less than a mile from campus Wednesday. The Los Angeles Police Department and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives raided the home Wednesday morning after receiving an anonymous tip about an individual illegally manufacturing and selling firearms, according to CBS. Read more...

Photo: The LAPD and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives seized over 1,000 firearms at a Holmby Hills mansion less than a mile from UCLA. The weapons found ranged from modern assault rifles and handguns to Civil War collectibles. (Liz Ketcham/Assistant Photo editor)



TFT school meets to discuss details of Denove case, UCLA response

Theater, Film and Television school members informally addressed child sexual abuse charges against one of the department’s professors at a meeting Thursday. Thomas Fairleigh Denove, a professor emeritus in the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television, pleaded no contest to charges of child sexual abuse in November. Read more...

Photo: UCLA experts and leaders offered information to help contextualize the revelation that Thomas Fairleigh Denove, a UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television professor emeritus, pleaded no contest to charges of sexual abuse of children. (Daily Bruin file photo)



GSA recap – May 8

The Graduate Student Association is the voice of graduate students on campus. The association meets for forum every three weeks and takes positions on current issues affecting graduate students. Read more...


Caffeine could boost development of solar panels with greater efficiency

UCLA researchers found caffeine might improve the stability of a new material for solar panels. Yang Yang, a UCLA professor of material science and engineering who led the research, said his team has been studying a solar cell material called perovskite for six years as an alternative power conversion material to traditional silicon solar cells. Read more...

Photo: (Claire Sun/Daily Bruin)