Sunday, May 17


UCPD releases sketch of man wanted for brandishing gun at student

University police released a sketch Wednesday of a man wanted for brandishing a handgun at a UCLA student on Landfair Avenue last week. The UCLA student was walking south near Midvale Avenue just after midnight Friday when she approached a man pacing on the sidewalk. Read more...

Photo: University police are searching for a man wanted for brandishing a handgun in front of a student last week. (UCPD)


Rally promotes student, faculty support for diversity requirement

At a rally Wednesday night, event organizers urged UCLA students to demonstrate their support for the diversity requirement during the next week through a variety of campaigns. Read more...

Photo: Jan Reiff, former chair of the Academic Senate, speaks to students at a rally to support the diversity requirement proposal, which faculty members will vote on starting Friday. (Kelsey Kong/Daily Bruin)




New student group explores intersection of medicine, technology

Before doctors implanted an electrical device in Sammi Chan’s heart, the vital organ struggled to pump blood. Diagnosed with heart disease her freshman year, many of her high school nights were spent in a hospital. Read more...

Photo: Shyam Natarajan (left) participated in the Bruin Medical Entrepreneurs meeting led by Kevin Stangi (center), a third-year computational and systems biology student, and Jeffrey Hsiao, a third-year molecular, cell and development biology student. (Emily Cao/Daily Bruin)


Event to help build student support for diversity requirement proposal

Students will gather Wednesday night to plan ways to lobby faculty for the upcoming vote on the academic diversity requirement proposal. The Undergraduate Students Association Council Academic Affairs Commission is hosting the event to build student support for the requirement and teach students how to encourage faculty members to vote “yes” on the proposal. Read more...