Nicki Klein sat idle at her corporate job in the years after graduating from UCLA, wishing she could find a career as captivating as the Legos and puzzles she played with for hours as a child. Read more...
Photo: Nicki Klein founded a career development platform called Betagig in 2016, with Melissa Hargis. Klein and Hargis, who both made drastic career switches, came up with the idea for Betagig while in San Francisco for a hackathon. (Miriam Bribiesca/Photo editor)
Ritvik Kharkar considers analyzing the black market for dining hall swipes a matter of social good. His analysis compiles colorful graphs with sharp spikes representing the alternating high and low numbers of swipes for sale throughout the academic year. Read more...
Photo: UCLA student Ritvik Kharkar collected data from a Facebook group where students buy and sell meal swipes to determine whether UCLA Housing lost revenue because of the “swipes black market.” (Catherine Liberty Feliciano/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Doctors, nurses and visitors bustle past one another under directory signs in the white, marbled lobby of the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center. But upstairs on the seventh floor, noises settle into a rhythm of beeping heart monitors and murmuring nurses. Read more...
Photo: UCLA cardiologists partnered with Marymount High School students in April 2014 to establish Heal My HeART, an art and music therapy program that helps relieve patients suffering from heart failure and transplant recovery. (Jennifer Hu/Daily Bruin)
This post was updated on Sept. 18 at 5:40 p.m. International pre-health students can now gain experience working in a U.S. hospital through a program launched this summer. Read more...
Photo: The International Health Scholar program, a partnership between COPE Health Solutions and the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, allows international students to get clinical experience in the U.S. (Courtesy of Tisa Thomas)
The Graduate Students Association at UCLA is expanding its presence as a resource center for employment opportunities with new initiatives this year. The agenda includes revamping student outreach and launching an interdepartmental employment program called the TA Marketplace, said GSA President Michael Skiles. Read more...
Photo: The TA Marketplace, launched by the Graduate Students Association, will permit faculty to recruit teaching assistants from any department at UCLA. (Daily Bruin file photo)
Many events in UCLA’s history are overlooked. Below is a look at some interesting UCLA facts: 1927 – The Arroyo Bridge was built in 1927, connecting Hilgard Avenue to the main campus quadrangle. Read more...
Photo: (Shelby Chan/Daily Bruin)
