Friday, April 10



L.A. Times editor Jim Newton to join UCLA full time

A few days a week, Jim Newton works in a quiet office in Rolfe Hall that doesn’t belong to him. The room displays the name of a different professor on its door and the desk he uses isn’t his own. Read more...

Photo: Jim Newton, a part-time lecturer at UCLA and an editor at the Los Angeles Times, will take a full-time position at the Department of Communication Studies and work on a journal about the university’s research on Southern California. (Angie Wang/Daily Bruin senior staff)


Bramah Singh, renowned UCLA cardiologist, dies at 76

By Julia Raven Bramah Singh, a renowned UCLA cardiologist known for his cutting-edge ideas and dry sense of humor, died Sept. 20 at the age of 76 at his home in Encino. Read more...

Photo: Bramah Singh, a UCLA cardiologist, was known for his expertise in the field and for his variety of other interests, including gardening. (Courtesy of Sajiv Bramah)