Monday, March 23

Harbor-UCLA OB-GYN residents publish study on accuracy of fetal weight estimations

This post was updated April 4 at 9:07 p.m. Obstetricians at the Harbor-UCLA Medical Center found that while second-year residents are more accurate than first-year residents in estimating fetal weight, first-year residents are also capable of estimating within 10% of the true weight. Read more...

Photo: The Harbor-UCLA Medical Center is pictured. OB-GYN residents from the hospital recently conducted a study on junior residents’ ability to estimate fetal weights. (Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons)



Pluto TV rally held at UCLA calls for Pluto’s ‘planned planethood’

This post was updated April 2 at 8:41 p.m. April Fools’ Day or not, “Big Planet Energy” radiated throughout Bruin Plaza as a few dozen Pluto TV staff and community members celebrated the streaming service’s 10th anniversary, calling for its namesake to be reinstated as a planet. Read more...

Photo: Catherine Povinelli, executive assistant to the chief product and technology officer of Paramount Streaming, gestures toward a crowd of ralliers with megaphone in hand. Streaming service Pluto TV, which is owned by Paramount Streaming, hosted a rally Monday in honor of its 10th anniversary to call for Pluto’s reinstating as a planet. (Leydi Cris Cobo Cordon/Daily Bruin senior staff)


UCLA Initiative to Study Hate hosts symposium exploring hatred in art

This post was updated April 2 at 8:33 p.m. UCLA faculty shared the benefits of studying different forms of hate at a symposium hosted Saturday. Sponsored by the UCLA Initiative to Study Hate, “The Uses of Hatred” symposium was held in Royce Hall and aimed to discuss humanities approaches to studying hate. Read more...

Photo: The UCLA Initiative to Study Hate hosted “The Uses of Hatred” symposium on Saturday in Royce Hall, which is pictured. (Daily Bruin file photo)


Crimewatch: March 2024

Sources: UCPD. Graphic reporting by Sharla Steinman, city and crime editor. Interactive by Junwon Choi, Data editor. UCPD recorded 633 unique entries in its March daily crime log. Read more...


Q&A: Dr. Chaitali Mukherjee introduces Ashe Center’s new COVID-19 safety campaign

Dr. Chaitali Mukherjee, executive director of the Arthur Ashe Student Health and Wellness Center, sat down with Daily Bruin contributor Shaun Thomas to discuss the Ashe Center’s new COVID-19 safety campaign as students return to campus from spring break. Read more...

Photo: A KN95 mask sits amid stationery, books and a COVID-19 test kit. Dr. Chaitali Mukherjee, executive director of the Arthur Ashe Student Health and Wellness Center, spoke about the center’s new COVID-19 awareness campaign, which includes updated signage and locations around campus to pick up masks. (Daily Bruin file photo)


Q&A: Ann Carlson shares her work in the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

This post was updated March 31 at 10:02 p.m. Ann Carlson, the Shirley Shapiro Professor of Environmental Law at UCLA, spoke with Daily Bruin contributor Maya Vibhakar to discuss her work at the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Read more...

Photo: Ann Carlson, the Shirley Shapiro Professor of Environmental Law at UCLA, is pictured. Carlson served as the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s acting administrator before returning to the UCLA School of Law as a professor. (Wikimedia Commons photo by National Highway Traffic Safety Administration)