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A research assistant was fatally burned when chemicals burst into flame. Her death three years ago has focused attention on safety issues. Felony charges have been filed against the University of California and a UCLA chemistry professor in connection with a laboratory fire that killed a staff research assistant three years ago. On Dec. 29, 2008, Sheharbano "Sheri" Sangji, 23, was severely burned over nearly half of her body when air-sensitive chemicals burst into flames during an experiment and ignited her clothing. Sangji, who was not wearing a protective lab coat, died 18 days later.

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The University of California San Diego has suspended a student who admitted to hanging a noose in a campus library, school officials announced Friday.

Students occupying an administration building at the University of California, Santa Cruz, for the past three nights expect police to start removing them by force.