A few days a week, Jim Newton works in a quiet office in Rolfe Hall that doesn’t belong to him. The room displays the name of a different professor on its door and the desk he uses isn’t his own. Read more...
Photo: Jim Newton, a part-time lecturer at UCLA and an editor at the Los Angeles Times, will take a full-time position at the Department of Communication Studies and work on a journal about the university’s research on Southern California. (Angie Wang/Daily Bruin senior staff)
By Julia Raven Bramah Singh, a renowned UCLA cardiologist known for his cutting-edge ideas and dry sense of humor, died Sept. 20 at the age of 76 at his home in Encino. Read more...
Photo: Bramah Singh, a UCLA cardiologist, was known for his expertise in the field and for his variety of other interests, including gardening. (Courtesy of Sajiv Bramah)
The undergraduate student government is hosting a free concert featuring Talib Kweli on Friday to encourage students to register to vote in the upcoming midterm election. Read more...
Individuals wearing bald caps and signing posters will fill part of Bruin Plaza on Friday to raise money for the UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center. Read more...
Photo: Participants in the Be Bold, Be Bald! event hold posters to show their support for individuals with cancer. (Courtesy of Nora Bok)
By Sam Hoff The University of California recently said it spent almost $4.5 million on legal fees to defend itself and a UCLA professor in lawsuits stemming from the death of a research assistant in a 2008 UCLA laboratory fire. Read more...
Photo: Patrick Harran
Earlier this year, Shaun McCutcheon, the owner of an Alabama electrical development company, challenged a campaign finance contribution limitation statute in the Supreme Court and won. Read more...
Photo: Shaun McCutcheon, the owner of an Alabama electrical development company, came to campus Tuesday to speak at a debate about campaign finance contribution limits hosted by law student groups. (Carolyn Francis/Daily Bruin)
Some UCLA staff are voicing concerns that they are forced to take four days of unpaid furloughs during winter break, when campus closes for less than two weeks to save on utility costs. Read more...
