A new app marketed by two students allows Bruins to connect across campus and Westwood. DownTo is a location-based social media platform that notifies users when their friends are in the same area as they are. Read more...
Photo: The Powell library is pictured. The new app allows users to see when their friends are at popular spots on campus, allowing them to meet them in person. (Daily Bruin file photo)
The Los Angeles Fire Department responded to reports of smoke smelled and seen at UCLA’s Schoenberg Hall on Wednesday. Brian Humphrey, a spokesman for LAFD, said the incident was first reported at 11:50 a.m. Read more...
Photo: UCLA’s Schoenberg Hall is pictured. At 11:50 a.m., the LA Fire Department responded to reports of smoke at the building. (Daily Bruin file photo)
This post was updated Aug. 21 at 10:26 p.m. Editor’s note: This post was updated to better reflect the complicated nature of Benjamin Frandsen’s trials and conviction. Read more...
Photo: Benjamin Frandsen poses for a photo at a recent storytelling event he attended. (Courtesy of Benjamin Frandsen)
This post was updated Aug. 6 at 9 p.m. UCLA Lab School alumnus and actor Leonardo DiCaprio will collaborate with the school to establish a scholarship and fund a climate education program for its students. Read more...
Photo: Students from the UCLA Lab School stand around large planter boxes they helped maintain. Donations from lab school alumnus Leonardo DiCaprio will support the formation of a climate education program at the school, which will encourage students to have hands-on interaction with nature. (Photo by Wendy Gerrish, Courtesy of Eli Lipmen)
This post was updated Aug. 6 at 9:04 p.m. A UCLA student earned a scholarship intended to empower LGBTQ+ leaders in higher education. Born in the San Fernando Valley to Mexican immigrant parents, fourth-year geography/environmental studies and labor studies student David Ramirez said he attended Pasadena City College before transferring to UCLA. Read more...
Photo: Pictured is David Ramirez, who has been awarded a Point Foundation flagship scholarship. (Christine Kao/Daily Bruin staff)
This post was updated Aug. 6 at 9:02 p.m. Chancellor Gene Block, who has been chancellor of UCLA since 2007, will retire at the end of the 2023-2024 academic year. Block received a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Stanford University and also earned a master’s and doctorate degree in psychology from the University of Oregon. Read more...
Photo: Chancellor Gene Block is pictured. Block will retire at the end of the 2023-2024 academic year after serving as chancellor of UCLA since 2007. (Daily Bruin file photo)
Lawrence Kruger, an emeritus distinguished professor of neurobiology and supporter of the performing arts, died July 12 in Los Angeles. He was 93 years old. He is survived by his wife Virginia, two daughters and three grandchildren. Read more...
Photo: A photo of Professor Lawrence Kruger, who died July 12 in Los Angeles. Professor Kruger was a member of the neurobiology faculty and a supporter of the performing arts at UCLA. (Courtesy of Paula Henson)
