Friday, April 3

Westwood BID recap – May 19

The Westwood Village Improvement Association is a nonprofit organization tasked with improving the state of Westwood Village. Property and business owners created the association in 2011 to provide Westwood Village with functions the City of Los Angeles could not provide. Read more...


USAC recap – May 17

The Undergraduate Students Association Council is the official student government that represents the undergraduate student body at UCLA. Council meetings take place every Tuesday at 7 p.m. Read more...


UCLA names University of Michigan professor as dentistry school dean

UCLA officials appointed a new dean for the UCLA School of Dentistry on Tuesday. Paul Krebsbach, professor of biomedical engineering at the University of Michigan, will succeed Dr. Read more...

Photo: Paul Krebsbach, a professor of biomedical engineering at the University of Michigan, was appointed as the eighth dean of the UCLA dentistry school Tuesday. (University of Michigan)


Officials consider proposal to name intersection after David Geffen

Westwood community leaders expressed mixed reactions about UCLA’s proposal to rename a Westwood Village intersection after David Geffen. The Westwood Neighborhood Council, an advisory board for Westwood to the Los Angeles City Council, and the Westwood Community Council, which meets several times a year to discuss Westwood issues, both discussed the proposition to install the sign at their most recent meetings this month. Read more...

Photo: UCLA’s proposal to rename a Westwood Village intersection after David Geffen creates confusion among Westwood community leaders. (Laura Uzes/Daily Bruin)


UCLA’s X1 Robotics seeks to engage students in hands-on projects

The second floor of Boelter Hall is often heard before it’s seen. Filled with sounds of metal striking metal, the open workspace is cluttered with wires, rods and circuit boards, serving as the home base for multiple engineering and computer science groups – and now, X1 Robotics. Read more...

Photo: Prescott Rynewicz, a third-year aerospace engineering student, is part of X1 Robotics, a student-run robotics club that aims to engage engineering students in projects. (Ken Shin/Daily Bruin)