This post was updated April 25 at 7:15 p.m. The University of California Office of the President has misleading budgeting practices, which resulted in accumulating a surplus of $175 million it did not disclose, according to a state audit released Tuesday. Read more...
Photo: University of California President Janet Napolitano defended the practices of the UC Office of the President after a state audit claimed it had amassed $175 million in undisclosed funds. (Grace Zhu/Daily Bruin)
Eric Fonkalsrud would often invite students to his office to share a soda and popcorn while teaching them surgical procedures. Throughout his life, Fonkalsrud developed connections with students, and performed more than 15,000 operations, according to a UCLA statement. Read more...
Photo: Eric Fonkalsrud served as the founding chief of the department of pediatric surgery at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center. (David Geffen School of Medicine)
This year’s undergraduate student government presidential candidate, who is running unopposed, said she has a vision to empower and unify the student body. Arielle Yael Mokhtarzadeh, a third-year communication studies student, double minoring in public affairs and Israel studies, said she aims to use her leadership experience to better serve students. Read more...
Photo: Arielle Yael Mokhtarzadeh is running as an uncontested presidential candidate in this year’s Undergraduate Students Association Council election. (Kristie-Valerie Hoang/Daily Bruin)
Local farmers and business owners held posters bearing the messages “Respect our farmers!” and “No farmer thief!” at a meeting earlier this month to protest the replacement of the current Westwood Village Farmers Market manager. Read more...
Photo: Farmers’ market vendors expressed their discontent over the Westwood Village Improvement Association’s decision to replace current market manager Emmanuel Bautista when his contract expires in June at a meeting earlier this month. (Daily Bruin file photo)
Elaborate drawings of different parts of the brain covered the chalkboard of Arnold “Arne” Scheibel’s graduate neuroanatomy courses. For more than 50 years, Scheibel shared with students his love for both art and science through his classes. Read more...
Photo: Arnold Scheibel was a professor of neurobiology and psychiatry in the David Geffen School of Medicine and popular among his students because of his unique and inclusive ways of teaching. (UCLA Newsroom)
This post was updated on April 24 at 2:55 p.m. Rows of colorful lipsticks and eye shadows now line display shelves at a new MAC Cosmetics store that opened on Westwood Boulevard. Read more...
Photo: MAC cosmetics, which opened on Westwood Boulevard Friday, will offer makeup technique classes for customers. (Alyssa Dorn/Daily Bruin staff)
Thousands of scientists, students and citizens marched in the heat from Pershing Square to Los Angeles City Hall, holding signs with science puns, calls for action and protests against President Donald Trump. Read more...
Photo: Thousands of scientists from across Southern California took to the streets of downtown Los Angeles to advocate for more science funding and greater communication between scientists and the public. (Ken Shin/Daily Bruin)
