Tuesday, August 11

In the news:

Waiting for gerontology courses is getting old for students in the minor

When third-year data theory student Madeleine Curran declared UCLA’s gerontology minor, advisors warned her that the required classes were rarely available. After nearly two years in the program, Curran said the advisors were right. Read more...

Photo: The Meyer and Renee Luskin School of Public Affairs is pictured. Many classes offered for the gerontology minor are housed here. (Crystal Tompkins/Daily Bruin senior staff)


Warrant issued for former UCLA employee convicted of child sexual abuse

The Los Angeles County Superior Court issued a warrant Feb. 9 for a former teacher at the UCLA Krieger Early Care and Education Center after he failed to appear in court while attempting to appeal a child sexual abuse conviction. Read more...

Photo: The outside of the Airport Courthouse is pictured. A warrant was issued for a former UCLA Early Care and Education employee last week. (Daily Bruin file photo)




Statistics and data science symposium hosts early-career scientists

Researchers celebrated the role of numerical data in scientific research at a Jan. 26 event at the Meyer and Renee Luskin Conference Center. The Lange Symposium on Computational Statics and Biomedical Data Science – hosted by the UCLA Department of Computational Medicine and Human Genetics – invited six speakers from across the country to discuss their research. Read more...

Photo: The Meyer and Renee Luskin Conference Center, the site of the sixth annual Lange Symposium, is pictured. (Daily Bruin file photo)


Luskin School holds panel on civil and immigrant rights, prosecuting ICE agents

This post was updated Feb. 8 at 10:01 p.m. California Attorney General Rob Bonta said California will prosecute federal immigration enforcement officers who violate residents’ constitutional rights at a Thursday UCLA event. Read more...

Photo: California Attorney General Rob Bonta is pictured. Bonta said California will prosecute federal immigration enforcement officers who violate residents’ constitutional rights at a Thursday UCLA event. (Andrew Ramiro Diaz/Photo editor)


Car crashes into 99 Ranch Market, killing at least 3 people, injuring at least 6

This post was updated March 2 at 4:45 p.m. A car crashed into the 99 Ranch Market on Westwood Boulevard on Thursday, killing three people and injuring at least six.  Two blocks of Westwood Boulevard – from Wilkins Avenue to Wellworth Avenue – were completely blocked off as of 1:50 p.m., along with the intersecting block of Rochester Avenue. Read more...

Photo: Firefighters and police officers stand outside of 99 Ranch Market. A vehicle crashed into the grocery store Thursday, killing three people. (Max Zhang/Daily Bruin staff)



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