Friday, April 24



Construction begins on UCLA medical teaching and learning center

Construction for a new $120 million teaching center at the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine began Wednesday with a groundbreaking ceremony. The Teaching and Learning Center for Health Sciences will open in 2016 on the corner of Tiverton Drive and Le Conte Avenue. Read more...

Photo: Chancellor Gene Block was among the university officials who ceremoniously broke ground on a new medical school building Wednesday.


Bruins give back to low-income school at volunteer day

Tucked away in the streets of Koreatown with a rainbow stripe painted across its buildings, Leo Politi Elementary School stood warm and welcoming. Several elementary students formed a pathway Tuesday morning, in which their eagerly awaited guests – about 200 UCLA students – were greeted on each side.The school, which houses the highest percentage of students from low-income backgrounds in the Los Angeles Unified School District, was one of more than 50 sites UCLA students visited on the fifth-annual Volunteer Day. Read more...




Health-themed dining hall to open on the Hill

Bruin Plate, the first health-themed dining hall on the Hill, is scheduled to open this fall in Sproul Presidio, a new building that will house the dining hall, a multipurpose room and a fitness center. Read more...

Photo: A new dining hall opening in Sproul Presidio this fall will be the first health-themed dining option on the Hill.