UCLA officials announced the seventh dean for the UCLA School of Nursing on Monday. Linda Sarna, a research professor and interim dean at the nursing school, will assume the position on Nov. Read more...
Photo: UCLA officials announced Monday interim dean Linda Sarna will continue as the permanent dean of the UCLA School of Nursing. (UCLA Newsroom)
Increasing prices on health insurance plans under the Affordable Care Act will not affect student health insurance fees. Premiums for a group of insurance plans on the federal health care marketplace will increase by an average of 25 percent next year. Read more...
Photo: Rising fees nationally for Affordable Care Act health insurance plans will not affect premiums for UC Student Health Insurance Plans. (Miriam Bribiesca/Photo editor)
The Los Angeles Police Department fired two officers who visited the apartment of UCLA student Andrea “Andy” DelVesco shortly after she was killed in September 2015. Read more...
Several University of California students and officials condemned a UC regent for sexually harassing a former employee. UC Regent Norman Pattiz, who is also executive chairman of the radio company PodcastOne, made sexual comments about his former employee, Heather McDonald, while she was taping a commercial for memory foam bras. Read more...
Photo: University of California Regent Norman Pattiz (center) made sexually suggestive comments toward an employee, for which he apologized in an interview in the Los Angeles Times. (Mackenzie Possee/Assistant Photo editor)
When faculty and administrators started the disability studies minor, they thought students with disabilities would be the most interested. But 10 years later, the minor has grown in size, and students from all backgrounds apply. Read more...
Photo: Claudine Ignacio, a third-year psychobiology student, runs an Instagram page that tells the stories of disabled individuals, inspired by a disability studies class. (Courtesy of Claudine Ignacio)
UCLA researchers conducted a study in October that suggested the majority of Trump supporters come from economically disadvantaged areas or areas that are unaffected by immigration and trade policies. Read more...
UCLA medical scholars and residents are collaborating with medical workers in Latin America to provide better health care. At a panel hosted by the UCLA Center for World Health on Thursday, three physicians from the David Geffen School of Medicine and a physician from Nicaragua discussed the health care projects they are leading in underserved Latin American areas. Read more...
Photo: The UCLA Center for World Health hosted a panel discussing Latin American health care Thursday, as part of the newly launched Latin America Initiative. (Kristie Hoang/Daily Bruin)
