Two UCLA community members are looking for student feedback as part of a potential project to start a new late-night ride service for students. Nihal Satyadev, a Westwood resident and former UCLA student, and Ian Cocroft, a third-year political science student, recently released an online survey to gauge the need for an additional ride-service program that would shuttle students to different areas in Westwood. Read more...
News, Westwood
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February 26, 2:07 am
UCLA community members gauge interest in new late-night ride service
Campus, News
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February 26, 2:06 am
Lecturer’s educational enthusiasm stems from upbringing in war zone
Nushin Arbabzadah didn’t know she was looking at dead bodies the first time she saw them. She and her 7-year-old classmates lined up in front of the classroom and stared as men carried teenage girls on stretchers to the hospital next door. Read more...
Photo: Nushin Arbabzadah, a communication studies lecturer, worked for three years at BBC Monitoring before beginning her career at the university. (Angie Wang/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Campus, News
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February 26, 1:57 am
UCLA’s Coaching Corp invites children onto campus to guide, inspire
Buses full of fourth-and-fifth-grade students from the local Boys and Girls Club made their way onto the UCLA campus on Tuesday. When the buses unloaded, a group of about 50 wide-eyed students filed out. Read more...
Photo: UCLA’s chapter of Coaching Corps hosted fourth- and fifth-grade students from the Boys and Girls Club for a tour around the campus. (Jintak Han/Daily Bruin)
News, Science & Health
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February 25, 9:19 pm
Family files wrongful death lawsuit against medical scope manufacturer
The family of a patient who died from UCLA’s recent “superbug” outbreak filed a lawsuit Wednesday against a health care device manufacturer for wrongful death, alleged negligence and fraud. Read more...
Photo: The family of Antonia Cerda, one of two patients who have died from UCLA’s recent “superbug” outbreak, filed a wrongful death lawsuit Wednesday against the manufacturer of scopes known to have transmitted the bacterial infections. (Daily Bruin file photo)
News
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February 25, 2:38 pm
Former congressman Henry Waxman to teach at UCLA as regents’ professor
A longtime congressman who represented the district that includes Westwood for 40 years will teach at UCLA as a regents’ professor. A regents’ professor, whose appointment is approved by the University of California Board of Regents, consults with students and faculty and leads seminars and lectures. Read more...
News, Science & Health
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February 25, 12:20 pm
Patient sues scope manufacturer amid UCLA superbug outbreak
An 18-year-old hospital patient at UCLA is suing a health care device maker over alleged negligence and fraud after its medical scopes were tied to UCLA’s superbug outbreak, according to the Los Angeles Times. Read more...
Crime, News
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February 25, 10:42 am
Man reported peeping into student apartment on Hilgard Avenue
A UCLA student called police early Wednesday morning after she saw a man looking through the door of her second-floor balcony on Hilgard Avenue. According to a university police statement, the student heard a noise on her balcony about 3 a.m. Read more...