Monday, July 27


UCLA signs lease with VA for continued use of Jackie Robinson Stadium

UCLA signed a $300,000 lease with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to continue its use of Jackie Robinson Stadium, officials announced Thursday. In addition to the new lease, UCLA officials agreed to provide an annual $1.15 million to the VA department’s West L.A. Read more...

Photo: UCLA signed a 10-year $300,000 lease for the use of Jackie Robinson Stadium, officials announced Thursday. (Daily Bruin file photo)



Bruin Democrats endorses Bernie Sanders by narrow margin

Bruin Democrats endorsed Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., for the presidential primary in a tight vote Wednesday night. About 40 members of the student organization participated in a debate held in Bunche Hall. Read more...

Photo: Bruin Democrats held a vote Wednesday night where members chose to endorse Sen. Bernie Sanders for the Democratic presidential primary. (Rocío Flores Huaringa/Daily Bruin)


USAC allocates surplus to funds financing student groups

The undergraduate student government approved Tuesday a $40,000 allocation to two funding bodies that finance student groups. The Undergraduate Students Association Council withdrew $4,000 from its endowment fund of $120,000 and transferred the money into the Contingency Programming Fund. Read more...


UniCamp leader aims to help children from underserved communities

Luis Mendez spent his childhood summers among the trees of Camp River Glen. Now, as a counselor and leader at UniCamp, he watches his mentees make cardboard boats and race them across the water, as he did 10 years ago at the same camp. Read more...

Photo: Luis Mendez, who spent his childhood at UniCamp during the summer, is now a counselor and leader of UniCamp. (Bailey Greene/Daily Bruin)


UCLA researchers develop therapy to treat PTSD, depression

Sleeping and going out with his family were not easy for Ron Ramirez, a 38-year-old veteran whose military service trained him to act on instinct. In 2006, a roadside bomb in Iraq left Ramirez with a traumatic brain injury, night terrors and a quick temper. Read more...

Photo: Veteran Ron Ramirez discusses the trigeminal nerve stimulation neuromodulation device with Andrew Leuchter, director of the Neuromodulation Division at UCLA Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior and a psychiatry professor. (CalFoto)