Charges filed

The unspeakable, tragic death of Sheri Sangji, hit especially close to home to the bloggers on this site: the accident (which left Sangji burned over half of her body) occurred in an Organic Chemistry laboratory at UCLA. And Sheri was an alumna of the Pomona College Chemistry Department, of which Anthony and I were also graduates.

At this time, I do not wish to re-hash the details of her accident, aftermath, death; nor the policies and procedures enacted at UCLA as a result. But in the last two days, some newsworthy developments have taken place. Criminal charges have been filed against both UCLA and the principal investigator of the laboratory in which Sangji worked. This is unprecedented indeed; and Sheri's death was unimaginably tragic for those closest to her. I don't know what else to say.