Though classes are canceled today all UCLA hospitals and clinics are open, and most other offices, departments and buildings across campus are conducting normal operations.
This is a difficult decision, since final exams begin on Saturday. However, canceling Thursday classes will allow UCLA officials to assess logistical issues in advance of finals week.
The chancellor says that while UCLA is planning to resume normal operations on Thursday, Dec. 7, he advises everyone to be safe and monitor communications for updates.
The fire was confined to a third-floor office suite. Other than the dentistry school’s academic wing, the Center for Health Sciences complex is expected to be accessible and operating normally.
UCLA police have arrested a Los Angeles man in connection with the recent burglary of laptop computers from a campus library and the student union store.
The UCLA Foundation is providing funds to people whose vehicles were destroyed or seriously damaged in the flooding caused by the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power water main break July 29.
UCLA has made emergency assistance and interest-free loans available to people whose vehicles were destroyed or seriously damaged in the flooding caused by the recent water main break.