Martin Castillo set his hands on the rubber handles of a ground drill. He was hunched over, his blue uniform slick with sweat. The roar of the drill throbbed against his eardrums as it dug into the dirt slowly. Read more...
Photo: Martin Castillo works to fix a pipe in the Court of Sciences. UCLA’s 89 Grounds team members work around the clock to maintain the campus. (Selin Filiz/Daily Bruin)
This post was updated Jan. 22 at 10:47 p.m. For a second-straight January, the Undergraduate Students Association Council Facilities commissioner has resigned. Facilities Commissioner Alexandra Paul resigned from her position Tuesday. Read more...
Photo: The door to the Undergraduate Students Association Council Facilities Commission is pictured. Alexandra Paul, who was the office’s commissioner, has resigned. (Leydi Cris Cobo Cordon/Daily Bruin senior staff)
This post was updated Jan. 22 at 11:04 a.m. During its second winter quarter meeting – which was held virtually Jan. 14 – the Undergraduate Students Association Council allocated over $35,000 in funding with $20,000 going toward wildfire relief. Read more...
This post was updated Jan. 22 at 10:39 p.m. The Office of Campus and Community Safety will soon have a new leader – and a new name. Read more...
Photo: Murphy Hall, where the UCLA administration is headquartered, is pictured. Chancellor Julio Frenk announced in a Tuesday email that Steve Lurie – a LAPD veteran of 27 years – will be the university’s associate vice chancellor for campus and community safety. (Vanessa Man/Daily Bruin)
This post was updated Jan. 22 at 10:39 p.m. Most on-campus dorm rooms will transition to triple occupancy to meet increasing demand. UCLA Housing announced the change in a 1:08 p.m. Read more...
Photo: Pictured is Sproul Cove. “Most” on-campus dorm rooms will transition to triple occupancy, UCLA Housing announced in a written statement Tuesday afternoon. (Daily Bruin file photo)
This post was updated Jan. 20 at 11:28 p.m. UCLA advised campus researchers to begin scaling down activities Jan. 12, citing the threat of the Los Angeles County fires. Read more...
Photo: The UCLA Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, which houses the Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, is pictured. Many researchers who work in this building had to adjust their lab operations because of the Los Angeles County fires. (Daily Bruin file photo)
This post was updated Jan. 20 at 11:35 p.m. Dr. Utibe Essien, an assistant professor of medicine at the David Geffen School of Medicine, sat down with science and health editor Shaun Thomas to discuss his journey into medicine, historical influences on health care and his involvement in leading disparity research. Read more...
Photo: Dr. Utibe Essien is pictured. Essien was chosen as one of 10 Emerging Leaders in Health and Medicine by the National Academy of Medicine this past September. (Courtesy of Kaela Speicher)
