Wednesday, May 13

Nobel Prize winner Toni Morrison to receive UCLA Medal

In 1993, novelist Toni Morrison became the first black woman to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature, showing the world a critically-acclaimed artist could be a force of change. Read more...

Photo: Chancellor Gene Block will award Toni Morrison the UCLA Medal in a ceremony at Royce Hall Monday, which will include a panel discussion with UCLA graduate students and faculty. (Courtesy of Timothy Greenfield Sanders)



UCLA completes $1M renovations to Dodd Hall classrooms

UCLA officials spent about $1 million to install new rolling chairs and wooden floors, among other facilities, in Dodd Hall classrooms this summer. The UCLA Office of Instructional Development, or OID, UCLA Facilities Management and the Registrar’s Office funded 11 first-floor classroom renovations that included new lighting fixtures and media equipment, such as projectors and speakers. Read more...

Photo: UCLA officials spent about $1 million renovating 11 first-floor classrooms in Dodd Hall this summer and added new lighting fixtures and media equipment, such as projectors and speakers. (Conor Cusack/Daily Bruin)


UCPD arrest student for allegedly inappropriately touching children

A UCLA student was arrested Tuesday for allegedly inappropriately touching three children during a UCLA women’s soccer match at Drake Stadium on Sept. 25. University police arrested the 25-year-old fourth-year student on suspicion of a lewd act involving a 14-year-old child, said UCPD spokesperson Nancy Greenstein. Read more...

Photo: University police arrested a UCLA student at UCPD headquarters Tuesday in connection to the inappropriate touching of three children during a UCLA women’s soccer match at Drake Stadium on Sept. 25. (Daily Bruin file photo)