An assistant photography editor was appointed the next editor in chief of the Daily Bruin, following confirmation by the UCLA Communications Board on Monday night. Mackenzie Possee, a second-year communications studies student, received the staff endorsement at a hearing Friday night. Read more...
Photo: Mackenzie Possee, a second-year communications studies student, was confirmed by the Communications Board at their April meeting Monday. (Jintak Han/Assistant Photo editor)
Students can now use a mobile app to pay for bus fares on the Big Blue Bus. Token Transit is a mobile app that allows users to purchase bus fare on their devices. Read more...
Photo: Students can now use a mobile app called Token Transit to pay their bus fares on the Big Blue Bus, which has several stops in Westwood. (Daily Bruin file photo)
Associated Students UCLA officials are continuously repairing ceilings and interior damage to campus buildings due to leakages. Ackerman Union and Kerckhoff Hall have had frequent ceiling leaks for several years. Read more...
Photo: The Kerckhoff Hall patio was scheduled to be waterproofed during the summer of 2017, but ASUCLA reallocated the $400,000 earmarked for the repairs for more immediate projects. (Miriam Bribiesca/Photo editor)
International and domestic government officials discussed how to solve the global refugee crisis at a day-long forum at the UCLA Faculty Center on Friday. Several UCLA centers organized the Global Refugee Crisis Conference, including the Center for the Study of International Migration, the Center for European and Russian Studies, the Center for Near Eastern Studies and the UCLA International Institute. Read more...
Photo: T. Alexander Aleinikoff, former United Nations deputy high commissioner for refugees, shared his thoughts on how to alleviate the international refugee crisis at a UCLA conference Friday. (Angelina Ruiz/Daily Bruin)
UCLA hospital volunteers will help patients better understand their health conditions and treatments with Project Health Literacy, a new research project. The project will have two parts. Read more...
Photo: John Tawfik (left) and Ojas Deshpande (right) are co-founders and coordinators for Project Health Literacy, a new research project that aims to improve patient care at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center and UCLA Medical Center in Santa Monica. (Angelina Ruiz/Daily Bruin)
Addressing the usual Dance Marathon crowd of people, dressed in colorful, wacky outfits, organizers announced that UCLA’s Pediatric AIDS Coalition raised $434,515 for this year’s Dance Marathon. Read more...
Photo: Students celebrate the end of the 2017 Dance Marathon as organizers announce the total amount raised for pediatric AIDS. This year’s event raised $434,515. (Hannah Ye/Daily Bruin senior staff)
The graduate student government president will run again, unopposed, in the upcoming student elections to finish the work that he started this past year, he said. Read more...
Photo: GSA President Michael Skiles, who will run again unopposed, said he hopes to tackle recurring issues next year, such as working for more affordable graduate student housing. (Jintak Han/Assistant Photo editor)
