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)
This post was updated July 25 at 9:45 p.m. Construction of the Meyer and Renee Luskin Conference Center is now complete, as the center prepares for its soft opening Aug. Read more...
Photo: The Meyer and Renee Luskin Conference Center is almost complete. The $162 million project started in 2013 and will have about 250 guests rooms and 25,000 square feet of meeting space. (Austin Yu/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Students, faculty and alumni listened to vocal performances and speeches at a vigil Wednesday to honor black lives lost to police violence. The Afrikan Student Union organized the vigil in Carnesale Commons to help students cope with recent police shootings. Read more...
Photo: Audience members listened to vocal performers and speakers at a vigil Wednesday organized in response to recent deaths of black men at the hands of police. (Courtesy of Todd Felderstein)
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)
Alumni host meetups in California and around the world every summer to prepare incoming students for their first year at UCLA. These events, called New Bruin Send-offs, give incoming students the opportunity to meet other Bruins in their area, said Amber Buggs, assistant director of the Bruin Recruitment program in UCLA Alumni Association. Read more...
Photo: New Bruin Send-offs are organized by different Bruin alumni to introduce incoming freshman to other students and college life at UCLA. (Courtesy of Sabrina Meng)
The UCLA School of the Arts and Architecture received a $20 million donation to remodel its Graduate Art Studios in Culver City. The donation, announced in May, will be part of a $31 million project to remake and expand the studios by 2019. Read more...
This post was updated July 24 at 12:15 p.m. University police officers Dan Guajardo and Paul Wells weren’t expecting a baby when they responded to a burglary alarm late June. Read more...
Photo: Dan Guajardo and Paul Wells used their experiences as a combat medic and father, respectively, to help a baby having a seizure. (Miriam Bribiesca/Photo editor)
