Apartments across Westwood lost power Friday evening. Apartments south of Ophir Drive and north of Wilshire Boulevard, and those between Veteran Avenue and Levering Avenue lost power around 7 p.m., a Los Angeles Department of Water and Power spokesperson said. Read more...
Photo: Apartments across Westwood lost power around 7 p.m. Friday. (Amy Dixon/Photo editor)
Robotic surgery is expensive but its long-term health benefits might pay off in the long run. Chris Childers, a general surgery resident at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, analyzed financial statements of Intuitive Surgical, a leading surgery robot manufacturer, to evaluate how cost-effective robotic surgery is. Read more...
Photo: Erik Dutson, a general surgeon at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, said he thinks robots reduce complications in surgery and make up for cost. (MacKenzie Coffman/Assistant Photo editor)
Student government officials left 20 out of 21 undergraduate student representative positions in the Academic Senate unfilled for half the academic school year. The Academic Senate, which decides on matters like enrollment and degree requirements as well as program establishment, has 42 positions reserved for graduate and undergraduate student representatives on 15 committees. Read more...
University police and Westwood community members said they wanted to create a more open dialogue with each other at an event Thursday. Coffee with a Cop, hosted by university police and Starbucks, provided the Westwood community with a chance to talk to police officers outside of law enforcement situations over coffee and donuts. Read more...
Photo: Kira Bracero (left), Manager of Parter and Asset Protection in Starbucks’ 15th region, talks with UCPD officer Paul Wells (right). (Daniel Leibowitz/Daily Bruin staff)
Students said they think standardized testing should not be a factor in the college admissions process at a town hall Wednesday. The town hall was hosted by Beyond the Score, a group of students who aim to raise awareness about the potential drawbacks of using standardized test scores to determine a student’s eligibility for college. Read more...
Photo: First year sociology student Buna Poeng attended a town hall Wednesday where students discussed whether standardized tests such as the SAT should be used in college admissions. Students at the event said they think the tests are poor predictors of academic achievement and select against certain groups of students (Metztli Garcia/Daily Bruin)
Students said they think sidewalks in Westwood are not being repaired enough. Sidewalks in Westwood are reconstructed as soon as funds are available, said Andrew Thomas, executive director of the Westwood Village Improvement Association. Read more...
Photo: Sidewalks in Westwood are owned and controlled by the City of Los Angeles. Money to pay for repairs comes from assessment fees which all property owners in Westwood must pay to the Westwood Village Improvement Association. (Amy Dixon/Photo editor)
A UCLA Health faculty member was honored as one of the top women leaders of 2019 on Monday. Johnese Spisso, CEO of UCLA Hospital System and associate vice chancellor of UCLA Health Sciences, was named one of 2019’s Top 25 Women Leaders by the health care news publication Modern Healthcare. Read more...
Photo: Johnese Spisso, CEO of UCLA Hospital System and associate vice chancellor of UCLA Health Sciences, was named one of 2019’s Top 25 Women Leaders by the health care news publication Modern Healthcare on Monday. (Courtesy of UCLA Newsroom)
