As fall rolls in each year, many premedical students and alumni must quickly learn to balance both their academic and nonacademic commitments with medical school applications. Read more...
Photo: (Juliette Le Saint/Illustrations director) Photo credit: Juliette Le Saint
Westwood Village may start loosening up business planning restrictions to attract more commercial renters to fill its empty storefronts. In an attempt to combat vacancy, the Westwood Village Improvement Association asked the city to update the Village’s regulations governing food establishments in August. Read more...
Photo: The Westwood Village Improvement Association is looking to change the definition of restaurants in the Westwood Specific Plan. Currently, businesses like 800 Degrees Neapolitan Pizzeria and In-N-Out are categorized as fast-food restaurants. (Mackenzie Possee/Daily Bruin senior staff)
For first-generation UCLA student Aaron Lopez, talking to his family about college is a challenge. Lopez, a fourth-year English and gender studies student, said as the first person in his family to go to college, he often felt he had to navigate college alone without much family support. Read more...
A UCLA group created to fight for women’s rights before UCLA was even established will be celebrating its centenary this year. The UCLA Faculty Women’s Club is holding several programs for its members over the next few months, including dinners and galas, to celebrate the centenary. Read more...
Photo: The UCLA Faculty Women’s Club will celebrate its centennial in March 2018 and has planned a series of celebratory activities for the upcoming year. (Courtesy of the UCLA Faculty Women’s Club)
As a child, Karen Coronilla would get upset when her father would come home after a day’s work in construction or gardening without any pay. “He’d say, ‘Well I didn’t get paid today, I’m undocumented so there’s nothing I can do,’” Coronilla said. Read more...
Photo: Yael Pineda, a Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals recipient who graduated in the spring, spoke to the Daily Bruin about her concerns for the future after President Donald Trump ended the program. (Axel Lopez/Daily Bruin)
An Italian restaurant recently sent out a final round of invitations for guests to dine at its Westwood location before it closes its doors. Palomino Restaurant & Bar, which has been in Westwood for 18 years, will close Sept. Read more...
Photo: Many restaurants and retail businesses closed down in Westwood Village and moved to other locations, such as Culver City. Some said they think expanding Westwood’s retail market will bring more stability to the Village. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)
One of Lindsey Bergman’s patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder was afraid of black cats because he felt they were associated with bad luck. After participating in research-based therapy at UCLA’s Intensive Outpatient Program, the patient was able to pet a black cat. Read more...
Photo: The IOP program at UCLA, led by Dr. Lindsey Bergman and Dr. Michelle Rozenman, helps child patients with severe obsessive compulsive disorder. (Michael Zshornack/Photo editor)
