Robert Salonga, a crime news reporter, compares himself to the Grim Reaper. “People literally will see me and get bummed out because I’m only around if something bad has happened,” he said. Read more...
Photo: Robert Salonga (third from right) and the Pulitzer Prize-winning staff from the East Bay Times and Bay Area News Group celebrate after being awarded the 2017 Pulitzer Prize in Breaking News Reporting for coverage of the Ghost Ship fire in Oakland, California. (Courtesy of D. Ross Cameron)
The director of a UCLA child care center was placed on an indefinite leave last week and replaced by an interim director. Moises Roman, who was the director of the Krieger Center in the UCLA Early Care and Education program, will be replaced by Sue Ballentine, announced Brad Erickson, the executive director of Campus Service Enterprises. Read more...
A newly renovated lactation room in the Student Activities Center held its grand reopening Friday afternoon as part of an effort to improve the climate for mothers on campus. Read more...
Photo: Jasmine Uysal, the Project Manager, and Ana Bonilla, member of the Healthy Campus Initiative, examine the new changing station added to the renovated lactation room in the Student Activities Center. (Angelina Ruiz/Daily Bruin)
Twenty years ago, Michelle Christie nervously waited backstage as a group of deaf students performed a play she created for the first time. As she listened to the applause from the audience, Christie realized she could use theater as a form of speech therapy to help other deaf students. Read more...
Photo: Michelle Christie, founder of No Limits, a nonprofit for deaf children and families, poses with students. (Courtesy of No Limits)
This post was updated on April 16 at 2:35 p.m. The Meyer and Renee Luskin Conference Center is projected to lose $3.7 million in its first year of operation. Read more...
Photo: The Meyer and Renee Luskin Conference Center, which opened last fall, is projected to lose nearly $4 million during its first fiscal year, which ends this June. (Jintak Han/Assistant Photo editor)
Some UCLA students from Syria said they support the American government’s decision to order a missile strike on Syrian government forces. The U.S. launched a missile strike on a Syrian air base April 6. Read more...
UCLA scientists are organizing a March for Science in Los Angeles to foster communication between scientists and the general public. The March for Science, which will take place April 22, aims to bring thousands of participants together to educate people about underfunding of the sciences and encourage greater involvement in science. Read more...
Photo: Alexander Bradley, a biochemistry, molecular and structural biology graduate student, is organizing the March for Science in Los Angeles on April 22. (Courtesy of Alexander Bradley)
