FDA issues warning on medical scopes, possibly linked to superbug cases

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a safety warning Thursday that the design of a widely used medical scope may prevent it from being effectively sterilized and lead to the transmission of bacteria between patients. The warning comes after officials reported Wednesday that more than 100 patients at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center were […]

UCLA Facebook page “Free & For Sale” administrator sues for damages

An administrator of the popular UCLA Facebook group “Free & For Sale” recently sued the group’s former administrators for $27,000 in compensatory damages and emotional distress damages and $10,000 in punitive damages. UCLA alumnus Daniel Yadegari filed a lawsuit in October against UCLA alumnus Amos Ng and current UCLA student Eric Sandouk for allegedly damaging […]

Regents to deliberate over proposed out-of-state enrollment cap

The University of California has increased enrollment of international and out-of-state students in recent years to boost revenue, but state officials are advocating for the University to cap nonresident enrollment and prioritize in-state students in its admissions processes. The Board of Regents, as it discusses Gov. Jerry Brown’s budget and a commission report calling for […]

UC Berkeley students take to the streets to protest police brutality

BERKELEY — Over the weekend, some Daily Bruin reporters traveled to Berkeley and Oakland, where the non-indictments in the trials of Michael Brown and Eric Garner sparked nearly daily protests in recent weeks. On Saturday, a crowd of about 200 people – organized by the Black Student Union at the University of California, Berkeley – marched […]

Proposed diversity requirement meets some faculty opposition

Students and a group of faculty are lobbying professors to vote “yes” on a proposed diversity requirement this week, but several faculty are pushing back against the measure. Faculty members have until Friday to vote on whether they think students should be required to take a course related to diversity during their UCLA career. Backers […]

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. The Diversity Requirement Lobby Corps, a committee in the Undergraduate Students Association Council Academic Affairs Commission, organized the event along with Allyson Bach, the USAC academic affairs commissioner. […]

UCLA engineering department implements 3-D printers

Justin Young, a fourth-year electrical engineering student, makes his selection to print, and the device starts humming loudly as the extruders dance back and forth across the plate, adding layers of hot plastic in a calculated design. The 3-D printer, which Young and his fellow students have been using for a little more than a […]