This post was updated March 24 at 8:25 p.m. Powell Library is reviewing its lighting system following a small fire caused by a desk lamp’s light bulb Tuesday night. Read more...
Photo: UCLA workers will review Powell Library’s lighting system following a small fire Tuesday. (Daily Bruin file photo)
John Staudhammer, a UCLA professor emeritus and renowned computer graphics educator, died of heart failure Feb. 28. He was 84. Throughout the course of Staudhammer’s 50-year career, he taught electrical engineering at UCLA, North Carolina State University and the University of Florida. Read more...
Photo: John Staudhammer, a former professor of engineering and computer graphics at UCLA who immigrated to the United States during World War II, died Feb. 28. (Courtesy of Fred Staudhammer)
UCLA has implemented new campus safety initiatives since the murder-suicide in June, including trainings with updated protocol for active shooter incidents and an improved Bruin Alert system. Read more...
Photo: Electronic emergency locks have been installed inside 192 general assignment classrooms on campus since January. When pressed, the button with a lock icon flashes red to indicate the room is inaccessible from the outside. (Michael Zshornack/Assistant Photo editor)
UCLA Dining Services is testing a new type of lock that may replace the keypads on dining hall lockers, which were prone to malfunctioning. Charles Wilcots, associate director of UCLA Dining Services, said the frequency of technical failures in dining hall locker keypad systems increased repair costs and made the lockers unusable for students. Read more...
Photo: Electronic keypad locks at the De Neve dining hall were replaced by combination locks as part of a new UCLA Dining Services plan to reduce locker maintenance costs. (Deanna Necula/Daily Bruin)
Lipaz Ela still recalls when her neighborhood supermarket in Jerusalem was blown up when she was 13 years old. She had gone to the same market the day before. Read more...
Photo: Lipaz Ela has expanded the Fact Finders trips to Israel at UCLA Hillel over the past two years, working to include students of various religious backgrounds while promoting a dialogue between Israeli and Palestinian perspectives. (Haoyang Yan/Daily Bruin)
The first coalition of international student leaders at UCLA held its inaugural meeting Monday evening. The International Student Leadership Coalition consists of leaders from 16 cultural groups and aims to provide a voice for international students, said Jack Guo, the coalition’s organizational chair. Read more...
Photo: International student leaders from different groups discussed collaboration and advocacy on Monday evening, at the inaugural meeting for UCLA’s first international student coalition. (Alyssa Dorn/Daily Bruin staff)
Several UCLA graduate schools and graduate programs placed highly in new rankings by U.S. News & World Report released Monday. The UCLA School of the Arts and Architecture tied for the No. Read more...
Photo: The UCLA School of Law, along with other professional schools and graduate programs, ranked highly in the U.S. News & World Report survey released Monday. (Daily Bruin file photo)
