Six-year-old Avinash Malaviya’s piano teacher taught him to play by ear. Malaviya, now a fourth-year ethnomusicology and neuroscience student, recalls walking into his first lesson, his nervousness stifling his normally energetic personality. His teacher was strict, but Malaviya would continue to pursue music for years to come. When Malaviya arrived at UCLA, he began to […]
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LGBT Campus Resource Center discusses findings of external review
LGBT Campus Resource Center officials and members of the UCLA community discussed the initial findings of an external investigation intended to suggest additional resources for LGBT individuals on campus. Raja Bhattar, director of the UCLA Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Campus Resource Center, said the External Review Committee was tasked with assessing how the center has […]
Student families safe following earthquake in Taiwan
The 6.4-magnitude earthquake that shook Tainan, Taiwan, last Saturday left many UCLA students worried about family members who live in the city. A 16-story residential building that collapsed during the earthquake left 59 people dead and 76 missing, according to the New York Times. About 330 people survived the collapse, but many are still trapped […]
UCLA THINQ tank seeks healthcare solutions
Hospital readmission is a recent epidemic in the U.S. healthcare system, a problem too big to fix without using new and creative solutions that “THINQ” outside of the box. A new program at UCLA called THINQ uses disciplines from various fields such as business and engineering to implement innovative methods to improve the healthcare workflow […]
‘Blaxicans of LA’ creator, panelists explore intersectional identities
A University of Southern California researcher and filmmaker said he thinks society should think about what it’s like to be a Mexican member of society at a panel on Afro-Latina/o identity Wednesday. Campus newsmagazines La Gente and Nommo hosted the event, which featured Walter Thompson-Hernandez, creator of the Instagram account “Blaxicans of Los Angeles” and […]
UCLA team travels to Uganda to treat patients with obstetric fistula
Every year, a small city in Uganda transforms into a center of free surgery for patients who suffer a painful, unusual complication from childbirth – a hole torn between the birth canal and the bladder or rectum. Since 2009, Christopher Tarnay has traveled to Uganda for two weeks each year with a team of eight […]
UCLA allows professor in ongoing Title IX lawsuit to resume teaching
A UCLA history professor involved in an ongoing Title IX lawsuit reached an agreement with UCLA that will allow him to return to teach. Gabriel Piterberg was suspended last spring quarter without pay and resigned from his position as director of the Center for Near Eastern Studies last May, after two graduate students filed sexual […]