UCLA hospitals in Westwood and Santa Monica ranked fifth in the nation and first in California for best hospitals, according to rankings released Monday by U.S. Read more...
Photo: UCLA Medical Center, which includes hospitals in Westwood and Santa Monica, ranked fifth in the nation and first in the state in new rankings from the U.S. News and World Report. (Daily Bruin file photo)
Rosie Chavez has lived most of her life in the foster system moving to different schools, homes and families, sometimes spending only a couple weeks in one place. Read more...
Photo: The Bruin Guardian Scholar Academy and First Star charity held the closing ceremony for their summer college readiness and mentorship program on July 30. (Jennifer Hu/Daily Bruin)
For one day each year, kids with craniofacial anomalies spend time with each other and their families at UCLA’s Sunset Canyon Recreation Center lawn. At the annual UCLA Pediatric Craniofacial Program picnic, held Aug. Read more...
Photo: Children played at the UCLA Sunset Canyon Recreation Center during a picnic hosted by the UCLA Pediatric Craniofacial Program clinic, which helps treat cleft lips and palates. (Courtesy of Justine Lee)
A helicopter flies over hills and trees as it helps fight the Sand Fire near Santa Clarita, California. As of Thursday, the fire has burned about 38,000 acres or almost 60 square miles. Read more...
Photo: (Kira VandenBrande/Daily Bruin)
Dr. Sherman Mellinkoff, who served as the dean of the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA for 24 years, died of congestive heart failure July 17. Read more...
Photo: Sherman Mellinkoff, dean of the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine from 1962 to 1986, died July 17. (UCLA School of Medicine’s Special Collection)
Every time Carolyn See received a negative review for one of her books, she would send the critic a bouquet of flowers and a note: “Thank you for your review!” “They would sometimes end up becoming friends,” said Clara Sturak, See’s daughter. Read more...
Photo: Carolyn See, a former UCLA professor emeritus in the department of English, died July 13 of congestive heart failure. (Courtesy of Patricia Williams)
