Friday, April 3

ASUCLA allocates $56,000 to renovate Ackerman Union restrooms

The Associated Students UCLA plans to spend $56,000 next year to renovate the first-floor restrooms in Ackerman Union, which have not been renovated since the 1990s. Read more...

Photo: Associated Students UCLA plans to spend $56,000 to renovate the first-floor restrooms of Ackerman Union by replacing fixtures such as sinks and toilets with low-flow versions that would not use as much water. (Owen Emerson/Daily Bruin senior staff)




Berky Nelson remembered for four decades of service as mentor, role model

H. Viscount “Berky” Nelson, a respected UCLA mentor, director and mediator, died Oct. 5 in Los Angeles at the age of 76, following a lengthy battle with cancer. Read more...

Photo: Berky Nelson, a respected UCLA mentor, director and mediator, died Oct. 5 at the age of 76 after a length battle with cancer. He began working at UCLA in 1969 and later established a foundation he would spend 40 years working for. (Courtesy of Christopher Nelson)



Students protest Sig Ep, Alpha Phi raid, call on UCLA to address racism

Students dressed in black marched to Chancellor Gene Block’s office Thursday afternoon to protest the “Kanye Western” themed raid held Tuesday night, which was organized by the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity and Alpha Phi sorority. Read more...

Photo: Students marched to Murphy Hall chanting “Our culture, not a costume,” among other chants. (Daniel Alcazar/Daily Bruin senior staff)


UCLA researchers develop camera, technique to find cancerous tissue

With steady arms, Harrison Cheng raised a camera up to a metal beam while his colleague inched slowly toward it, securing it with a screwdriver. The two researchers carefully assembled a camera arm that would hang over surgeries to take photographs of cancerous tissue. Read more...

Photo: Harrison Cheng, researcher and graduate student in engineering, holds the camera steady as Zachary Tom, researcher and second-year bioengineering student, screws it to a metal beam. (Miriam Bribiesca/Daily Bruin senior staff)