U. of California Settles Lab Safety Case

A plea agreement has led to charges being dropped against the University of California System over the 2008 lab fire that killed Sheri Sangji, a research assistant at the University of California at Los Angeles, The Los Angeles Times reported. The system agreed to follow new safety measures and to endow a $500,000 scholarship in Sangji's name. Charges remain against Patrick Harran, a chemistry professor who was the lab supervisor.