Sunday, May 17


UCLA community holds candlelight vigil in memory of Michael Brown

As the night came near at Meyerhoff Park Thursday, about 40 people stood silently holding candles in memory of Michael Brown and those who have suffered from police brutality. Read more...

Photo: Michael Oshiro, a UCLA doctoral student in education, spoke about police brutality in a candlelight vigil at Meyerhoff Park Thursday night (Angie Wang/Daily Bruin senior staff)



UCLA microbiologist allegedly makes death threat on Facebook

A UCLA microbiologist allegedly posted a death threat on Facebook Wednesday in response to an article about Harvard University’s relationship with Thailand, according to a tweet from a former Reuters journalist. Read more...

Photo: In a comment on Facebook, Peera Hemarajata, a postdoctoral fellow in clinical microbiology at UCLA, allegedly threatened the life of an opinion columnist.



English, Korean departments to offer new service-learning courses

Two new courses that weave together service learning and traditional lectures will be open to UCLA students in the fall. The UCLA Center for Community Learning created the new courses – Korean 106SL: Superior Korean with Service Learning, and English 119SL: Literary Cities with Service Learning – to increase students’ engagement with the course material through community service outside of UCLA, said Dr. Read more...