This article was updated April 28 at 9:57 a.m. The former chief economic adviser for President Barack Obama juggled apples to close a lecture at UCLA on Thursday. Read more...
Photo: Jason Furman, President Barack Obama’s former chief economist, delivered the 2017 Arnold C. Harberger Distinguished Lecture on Economic Development at UCLA on Thursday. (Farida Saleh/Daily Bruin)
A UCLA pediatric neurologist is developing a center that he hopes will treat every adolescent with epilepsy in the city. Jason Lerner, who works at the UCLA Mattel Children’s Hospital, is working to gather resources and recruit staff to establish the center, which will treat patients with epilepsy and comorbidities, or other disorders occurring simultaneously. Read more...
Photo: Jason Lerner, a pediatric neurologist at the UCLA Mattel Children’s Hospital, aims to create an adolescent epilepsy clinic that will integrate the expertise of many health care providers. (Esmeralda Lopez/Daily Bruin)
Grocery shuttles taking students outside of Westwood are now in service after months of delay. The UCLA Community Programs Office officially launched the grocery shuttle pilot program this week, said CPO Director Antonio Sandoval. Read more...
Photo: The Community Programs Office will be using smaller vehicles for their grocery shuttle pilot program during spring quarter. (Eda Gokcebay/Daily Bruin)
Tensions were high as candidates in this year’s undergraduate student government elections wrangled over their qualifications and platforms at a debate Wednesday. Candidates discussed how they would address affordability issues, advocate against President Donald Trump’s policies and better engage the student body at the debate, which was held by the Undergraduate Students Association Council’s Election Board in Moore Hall. Read more...
Photo: Chloe Pan, Sophie Butler and Jack Price, who are running for next year’s undergraduate student government external vice president position, debated about their platforms and goals Wednesday night. (Michael Zshornack/Assistant Photo editor)
Westwood leaders are finding it difficult to donate to a UCLA student organization due to grant fees and a slow administrative process, some council members said. Read more...
Photo: The Westwood Neighborhood Council decided not to process the grant through UCLA and instead will work with the UCLA Foundation to donate to the CPO Food Closet. (Habeba Mostafa/Daily Bruin)
People applying for financial aid at colleges and universities will have new options to verify their tax information, the U.S. Department of Education announced Monday. In March, the Internal Revenue Service suspended its Data Retrieval Tool because of security and identity theft concerns. Read more...
The undergraduate student government election board issued five sanctions between Saturday and Tuesday this week. The election board investigated a total of 12 complaints and ruled to issue three sanctions for social media violations, one for a leafleting violation, and one for a media advertising violation. Read more...
