A UCLA graduate student has been reported missing to university police. She was last seen by her roommate April 10. Alison Wu, a graduate student in the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, is believed to be with a male acquaintance named Scott Helton, according to a UCLA statement. Read more...
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April 19, 7:56 pm
Graduate student reported missing to UCPD
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April 19, 2:08 pm
Napolitano calls for more effective handling of sexual harassment cases
University of California President Janet Napolitano released a letter to UC administrators that said the University has not effectively handled cases of sexual harassment involving faculty members. Read more...
Photo: UC President Janet Napolitano released a letter to a joint committee asking for recommendations on handling sexual assault cases more efficiently. (Daily Bruin file photo)
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April 15, 2:25 pm
UCPD Chief James Herren to retire after seven years of service
UCLA Police Department Chief James Herren will retire in June after almost seven years in the position working to improve community relationships and accountability. Herren joined the university as chief of police in 2009. Read more...
Photo: James Herren, UCLA’s chief of police for seven years, will retire at the end of the school year. (Daily Bruin file photo)
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April 13, 12:25 am
Q&A: UCPD representative discusses budget, funding methodology
University police manages a budget of more than $12 million, about 60 percent of which is used to pay its staff. Each year, UCPD’s finance division determines how money is distributed to each department, and aims to solve issues such as deficits. Read more...
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April 11, 3:09 pm
Petition calls for dismissal of professor accused of sexual assault
A group of graduate students started a petition that demands the University of California dismiss a UCLA history professor accused of sexually assaulting two students. Preston McBride, president of the History Graduate Students Association, said graduate students started the petition after UCLA officials allowed history professor Gabriel Piterberg to return to teach on campus. Read more...
Photo: Last March, several UCLA students marched to the UCLA history department in Bunche Hall asking for the resignation of professor Piterberg. (Jintak Han/Daily Bruin)
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April 10, 12:56 pm
UCPD looking for man accused of sexually assaulting student
University police are searching for a man who allegedly sexually assaulted a UCLA student on the Hill early Friday. The student reported an acquaintance assaulted the student in a residence hall at 2:30 a.m. Read more...
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March 29, 2:44 pm
Former UCLA employee sentenced to two years in prison for embezzlement
A judge sentenced a former UCLA personal assistant to two years in state prison Wednesday for embezzling about $80,000 from a university bank account. Casandra Carmen Jones, a temporary personal assistant who stole money from a university account for more than a year, pleaded no contest to one count of grand theft of personal property, said Ricardo Santiago, a district attorney spokesperson. Read more...