The first speaker at this year’s Dance Marathon was infected with HIV at birth and adopted as an infant, even though she wasn’t expected to live for more than a few months. Read more...
Photo: Dancers at the event follow the movements of onstage performers following a speech delivered by Ashley Rose Murphy, an ambassador for the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation. (Angelina Ruiz/Daily Bruin)
A UCLA student died in his Gayley Avenue apartment Friday following an illness. Justin Sanchez, 22, was a third-year philosophy student, said campus spokesperson Rebecca Kendall. Read more...
Pediatric neurosurgeon Aria Fallah donned virtual reality goggles and exchanged his surgical tools for two remotes to practice a brain surgery. Fallah carefully maneuvered around bundles of neon green brain matter and bright red blood vessels in a three-dimensional scan to reach his target: a tumor nestled deep in the brain. Read more...
Photo: Pediatric neurosurgeon Aria Fallah practices a brain surgery using virtual reality, one of the newest techniques in the field. (Kristie-Valerie Hoang/Daily Bruin)
The city of Los Angeles is reviewing a motion to terminate its investment in Wells Fargo bank. Councilmembers Paul Koretz, who represents Westwood and other communities in Los Angeles District 5, and Mitch O’Farrell presented the motion to divest from Wells Fargo in March because the bank financially supports the Dakota Access Pipeline and was found responsible for account fraud. Read more...
Photo: Los Angeles City Councilmember Paul Koretz said he thinks banks should not financially support the Dakota Access Pipeline because it would damage Native American tribal lands. (Jintak Han/Assistant Photo editor)
This year’s Graduate Students Association elections will have four uncontested candidates running with the Moving Forward slate. Elections will take place from April 11-18. Graduate students can vote on MyUCLA, and results will be announced at the April 19 GSA forum meeting. Read more...
Photo: (Jintak Han/Assistant Photo editor)
The UCLA community learned about the possibility of life among 100 billion planets from a NASA mission leader Wednesday evening. William Borucki, the principal investigator of NASA’s Kepler mission, spoke to about 300 people in an event hosted by the earth, planetary and space sciences department. Read more...
Photo: William Borucki, the principal investigator of NASA’s Kepler Mission, spoke about the mission’s findings and significance Wednesday evening. (Daniel Leibowitz/Daily Bruin)
Bruin Consent Coalition recognized Sexual Assault Awareness Month this week by displaying T-shirts in Dickson Courts North and South from April 4-6. The T-shirts are decorated with the stories of sexual and gender-based violence survivors and have been gathered over the past 21 years. Read more...
Photo: Bruin Consent Coalition recognized Sexual Assault Awareness Month this week by displaying T-shirts decorated with the stories of sexual and gender-based violence survivors in Dickson Courts North and South. (Jintak Han/Assistant Photo editor)
