The 6.4-magnitude earthquake that shook Tainan, Taiwan, last Saturday left many UCLA students worried about family members who live in the city. A 16-story residential building that collapsed during the earthquake left 59 people dead and 76 missing, according to the New York Times. Read more...
Campus, News
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February 12, 12:57 am
Student families safe following earthquake in Taiwan
Campus, News, Podcasts, Science & Health
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February 12, 12:00 am
UCLA THINQ tank seeks healthcare solutions
Hospital readmission is a recent epidemic in the U.S. healthcare system, a problem too big to fix without using new and creative solutions that “THINQ” outside of the box. Read more...
Photo: Stacy Li/Daily Bruin
Campus, News
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February 11, 7:02 pm
‘Blaxicans of LA’ creator, panelists explore intersectional identities
A University of Southern California researcher and filmmaker said he thinks society should think about what it’s like to be a Mexican member of society at a panel on Afro-Latina/o identity Wednesday. Read more...
Photo: (Rocio Flores Huaringa/Daily Bruin)
Campus, News, Science & Health
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February 11, 2:44 am
UCLA team travels to Uganda to treat patients with obstetric fistula
Every year, a small city in Uganda transforms into a center of free surgery for patients who suffer a painful, unusual complication from childbirth – a hole torn between the birth canal and the bladder or rectum. Read more...
Photo: Christopher Tarnay, division chief of female pelvic medicine and reconstructive surgery at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, and UCLA doctors travel to Uganda each year to help people with childbirth complications. (Courtesy of Oscar Zagal)
Campus, Crime, News, UC
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February 10, 6:10 pm
UCLA allows professor in ongoing Title IX lawsuit to resume teaching
A UCLA history professor involved in an ongoing Title IX lawsuit reached an agreement with UCLA that will allow him to return to teach. Gabriel Piterberg was suspended last spring quarter without pay and resigned from his position as director of the Center for Near Eastern Studies last May, after two graduate students filed sexual assault complaints against him. Read more...
Campus, News, Student Government
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February 10, 4:43 pm
USAC recap – Feb. 9
The Undergraduate Students Association Council is the official student government representing the undergraduate student body at UCLA. Council meetings take place every Tuesday at 7 p.m. Read more...
Photo: The undergraduate student government approves a five-day election calendar. (Jintak Han/Daily Bruin)
A Closer Look, Campus, News
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February 10, 12:59 am
True Bruin Distinguished Senior Scholarship Award Winner: Christina Springer
As a child, Christina Springer stayed up late to watch TV newscasts on election night with her parents, writing the number of electoral votes in her pink Minnie Mouse notebook as they increased one by one, using them to make her own predictions. Read more...
Photo: Christina Springer, a fourth-year political science student, has a knack for analyzing political data. (Hannah Ye/Daily Bruin senior staff)