A man came back from visiting his son, who had broken his neck in a car crash, and rested his head in the fur of the collie that had come to offer him comfort. Read more...
Photo: History professor Margaret Jacob takes her dog Blizzard to the hospital to comfort patients.
Gulnaz Kiper takes breaks from studying for her finals as often as she can to check news and social media accounts of protests currently taking place in Istanbul. Her family members are some of the Turkish citizens participating in violent protests that erupted in Turkey on Saturday. Read more...
A University of California Regents committee nominated UC Berkeley student Sadia Saifuddin as the 2014-2015 student regent, according to a press statement from the UC Office of the President released Wednesday. Read more...
The Undergraduate Students Association Council is the official student government of UCLA’s undergraduate students. Council meetings are Tuesdays at 7 p.m. in Kerckhoff 417 and are open to all students. Read more...
Bill Dandridge will be relocated to a new parking structure next month, after more than 15 years of parking in the same building, for both work and to attend basketball games at Pauley Pavilion. Read more...
Photo: Set to open in 2016, the Meyer and Renee Luskin Conference and Guest Center will be adjacent to Pauley Pavilion. The center will replace Parking Structure 6.
Anticipating his friend’s approaching wedding day, Allen Jerkens consulted with a tailor, received a 3-D body scan to get precise measurements and ordered a new suit – all inside a black truck parked on Hilgard Avenue. Read more...
Photo: Stacey Steffe, a co-founder of the Le Fashion clothing truck, sets up in front of the W Hotel in Westwood every second Friday of the month.
Against his better judgement, Dr. Mark Tramo spent much of his time playing rock ‘n’ roll instead of studying for his pre-medical classes at Yale University in the 1970s. Read more...
Photo: Dr. Tramo plays guitar for his class to demonstrate how music affects the brain. He is a UCLA professor and a physician who teaches a class called “Music and Brain” for undergraduates. He has been a lifelong rock ‘n’ roll enthusiast and researches the possibility of using music to help patients.
