The original version of this article contained an error and has been changed. See the bottom of the article for additional information. Students and faculty raised concerns at a town hall Wednesday night about successfully implementing a diversity-related requirement that is both effective and sensitive to the UCLA community’s needs. Read more...
Photo: Student leaders hand out fliers at a town hall Wednesday night about implementing a diversity-related requirement. (Dang-Co Vu/Daily Bruin)
The Arthur Ashe Center hosted an event Wednesday afternoon in commemoration of the one-year anniversary of the tobacco ban and Earth Day. The event, called “Move Your Butts,” consisted of four different sessions at different locations; each session included a ten-minute fitness break followed by a cigarette butt collection. Read more...
Photo: Sally Kim, a third-year political science student, helps clean up cigarette butts on Wednesday.(Sidhaant Shah/Daily Bruin senior staff)
The multifaceted relationships between UCLA Health officials and the private donors funding their research have drawn scrutiny recently from experts and members of the university community worried about inherent or ostensible conflicts of interest. Read more...
The University of California paid a $10 million settlement to the former chairman of UCLA’s orthopedic surgery department Tuesday, after he alleged the school’s doctors took lucrative payments from medical companies without reporting them and subsequently compromised patient care, among other allegations. Read more...
These crimes were reported on the UCLA campus and in the Westwood area between April 16-22. Campus On April 15, hot prowl burglary was reported at 601 Westwood Plaza. Read more...
This post was updated at 4:35 p.m. Two men arrested Sunday for stabbing on-duty UCLA hospital nurses are set to appear in court for a formal reading of their charges. Read more...
The University of California paid a $10 million settlement Tuesday to the former chairman of UCLA’s orthopedic surgery department, after he alleged the school’s doctors took lucrative payments from medical companies and subsequently compromised patient care, according to the Los Angeles Times.The Times reported that two years ago, then-UCLA surgeon and orthopedic surgery chairman Robert Pedowitz sued UCLA, the UC Board of Regents, university officials and other surgeons, claiming they retaliated against him after he accused university doctors of conflicts of interest in their research and treatment of patients.According to a statement on a UCLA website, the UC Regents paid the settlement “to end a prolonged conflict and permit UCLA Health Sciences to refocus on its primary missions.” The statement also claimed that UCLA fully abided by the law and UC policy.“Multiple investigations by university officials and independent investigators concluded that conduct by faculty members was lawful,” the statement read. Read more...
