Sunday, June 28

In Plain Sight: UCLA nurses overcome barriers beyond the bedside to advocate for, help patients

Beep, click, slam. Then-newly hired nurse Kemi Reeves sat alone in her car, processing her first day of work. That day, she saw nurses managing very sick patients – patients who at smaller hospitals would be in intensive care units but were placed into her intermediate care unit at UCLA, she said. Read more...

Photo: Amy Castillo is pictured. The clinical nurse manager has been at UCLA since 2001 and works in the 6 West unit of Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, which specializes in post-vascular, orthopedic and plastic surgical care. (Andrew Diaz/Daily Bruin)


UCLA Grounds team puts down roots for safer, cleaner campus

Martin Castillo set his hands on the rubber handles of a ground drill. He was hunched over, his blue uniform slick with sweat. The roar of the drill throbbed against his eardrums as it dug into the dirt slowly. Read more...

Photo: Martin Castillo works to fix a pipe in the Court of Sciences. UCLA’s 89 Grounds team members work around the clock to maintain the campus. (Selin Filiz/Daily Bruin)


In Plain Sight: BruinBus drivers bring attentiveness, positivity to students

This post was updated Aug. 25 at 11:54 p.m. From passing out kindness bracelets to listening to people share their grief, BruinBus drivers do more than transport students to class. Read more...

Photo: Alexis Powell stands by a Bruin Bus. Powell has been driving buses at UCLA for five months after driving for LA Metro. (Michael Gallagher/Assistant Photo editor)


UCLA teaching assistants remain optimistic despite increasing difficulties

Amid the hustle and bustle of UCLA’s campus, teaching assistant James Johnson wakes up at 5:30 a.m. in preparation for the day ahead of him. Like many other TAs, Johnson, a graduate student in the philosophy department, spends his mornings navigating the course materials for his sections, thinking about how to supplement the week’s lectures. Read more...

Photo: Pictured is Royce Hall in Dickson Plaza. Teaching assistants at UCLA teach more than 33,000 undergraduate students, including in buildings around the plaza. (Daily Bruin file photo)


In Plain Sight: Preservationists maintain, repair UCLA Library’s media materials

In the lower floors of Powell Library, stacks of magnetic tapes are sorted and shelved, some into near-obsolescence as they degrade to a point past reading. Read more...

Photo: Pictured are items stored within the UCLA Library collections. Preservationists work in the libraries to digitize and store magnetic media, including audio and video. (Leydi Cris Cobo Cordon/Daily Bruin senior staff)


In Plain Sight: UCLA’s custodians work around the clock to keep campus clean

Lead custodian Alicia Munoz had an unusual problem. One day, a custodian on her team refused to complete a task, too scared of moving the cadavers in the basement of the Center for Health Sciences building. Read more...

Photo: Uniforms worn by members of the UCLA facilities management team are pictured. Members of the team work to ensure that campus buildings are tidy and sanitized. (Anna Dai-Liu/Daily Bruin senior staff)


In Plain Sight: As students sleep, UCLA bakeries turn on the ovens

At 4 a.m. every day, the Hill is silent as undergraduates sleep in preparation for the next day of classes and exams – but underneath De Neve Commons, a machine carefully squeezes out dough, molded into a sandwich baguette and ready for the oven. Read more...

Photo: Antonio Delgado sprinkles flour over dough that will become loaves of ciabatta. Delgado is one of dozens of workers responsible for creating UCLA Dining’s many baked creations. (Myka Fromm/Assistant Photo editor)