A UCLA-led study found that involving family members in therapy for children and adolescents with early indicators of bipolar disorder may help delay depressive episodes. A team of researchers from UCLA, the University of Colorado and Stanford University studied 127 children and adolescents between the ages of 9 and 17 who showed early signs of bipolar disorder. Read more...
Photo: (Farrah Au-Yeung/Daily Bruin)
Electric bike company Wheels showcased a new bike model with an integrated helmet during a North Westwood Neighborhood Council committee meeting Jan. 14. The transportation and safety committee of the NWWNC, which represents Westwood and UCLA to the Los Angeles City Council, met with Wheels representatives to discuss the new model. Read more...
Photo: Electric bike company Wheels is one of three companies that is permitted to park on campus, according to an agreement with UCLA. Representatives from Wheels informed a committee of a new model with an integrated helmet system Jan. 14. (Elise Tsai/Daily Bruin)
Medical student Neha Akkad called her friend and classmate Stephanie Pham in a panic one night. She couldn’t find the confidential patient information cards she had taken notes on during their shift together. Read more...
Photo: Stephanie Pham, a fourth-year medical student, died Dec. 31. She is remembered by teachers and friends as thoughtful, kind and intelligent. (Courtesy of Annie Pham)
The Undergraduate Students Association Council approved sweeping changes to the election code Tuesday. The council is the official student government representing undergraduate students at UCLA and manages about $9 million in student fees. Read more...
Photo: The Undergraduate Students Association Council voted Jan. 21 to revise the USAC Election Code, which dictates election procedures. Changes include social media guidelines for election board chairs, physical voting stations and campaigning parameters. (Kanishka Mehra/Assistant Photo editor)
The University of California enrolled a record number of California undergraduate students for the fourth year in a row, despite a slight decrease in freshman applications, according to new UC enrollment data for 2019. Read more...
Photo: According to new University of California enrollment data, the UC increased in-state undergraduate enrollment by 1.4% in fall 2019, despite a 3% decrease in freshman applications.(Daily Bruin file photo)
Aritra Mullick had a midterm Monday at 8 a.m., but was at the UCLA QWER Hacks event the weekend before working on an app that would distinguish recyclable material from trash. Read more...
Photo: UCLA and non-UCLA students filled Ackerman Grand Ballroom for Major League Hacking’s first LGBTQ+ hackathon, in which teams participants raced to create a software program within 24 hours. (Daanish Bhatti/Daily Bruin)
Neil Peter Jampolis would sneak into the back of Broadway productions when he was a child to watch sets come together or actors rehearse. Jampolis’ career celebrated his love of the theater – he was a renowned lighting, scene and costume designer as well as a professor emeritus in the theater department at the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television. Read more...
Photo: Neil Peter Jampolis, a professor in the UCLA School of Theater, Film, and Television for 26 years, died Dec. 15. Jampolis was a lighting, scene and costume designer who was nominated for four Tonys over the course of his career and won one. (Courtesy of UCLA Newsroom)
