Federal prosecutors and a chemistry professor at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), have settled a long-running case arising from the 2009 death of research assistant Sheharbano Sangji in a laboratory fire. Chemist Patrick Harran and UCLA had faced criminal charges. The university settled and accepted responsibility in 2012. Harran, who faced up to 4.5 years in prison, admitted no wrongdoing but agreed to pay a $10,000 fine and do 800 hours of community service, according to a 20 June statement. He will brief incoming UCLA students on "the importance of lab safety" and teach a chemistry course for inner-city students. In a statement, Sangji's family said they were "extremely disappointed. … We do not understand how this man is allowed to continue running a laboratory."
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