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)
This post was updated July 30 at 7:07 p.m. Among the aroma of donuts and candy on Bruin Plaza, members of Bruin Sustainable Age can be found not urging students to join a club but to write to their congressional representatives. Read more...
Photo: Members of Bruin Sustainable Age throw their hands up in the air. The club, founded two years ago, aims to introduce more sustainable approaches to both the corporate and legislative worlds. (Photos by Chloe Gonzales, courtesy of Ninava Sharma)
This post was updated July 30 at 7:10 p.m. Richard Hovannisian, an influential professor of Armenian history, died July 10. He was 90 years old. Hovannisian, who joined the history department in 1969 after completing his doctorate at UCLA, studied the history of the First Armenian Republic and the Armenian Genocide. Read more...
Photo: Pictured is Professor Richard Hovannisian, an influential professor of Armenian history who died July 10 (Courtesy of the collection of the USC Dornsife Institute of Armenian Studies)
This post was updated July 16 at 5:37 p.m. After being disillusioned with their undergraduate education at the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa, Rae Kuruhara was ready to quit school. Read more...
Photo: A comic that doctoral student Rae Kuruhara drew as part of an academic dissertation is pictured. (Courtesy of Rae Kuruhara)
This post was updated July 16 at 5:29 p.m. A University exemption to California labor law has caused academic and mental stress for student sound technicians employed by Associated Students UCLA, echoing concerns other UC workers have brought forth in lawsuits. Read more...
Photo: (Constanza Montemayor/Daily Bruin senior staff)
