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Former UCLA surgeon alleges payments may have compromised patient care

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. In 2012, Robert Pedowitz, a former UCLA orthopedic surgeon, sued UCLA, the UC […]

Focus turns to SB 1299 after UCLA hospital stabbings

The stabbings of two UCLA hospital nurses Sunday have drawn renewed attention to a push by labor groups and state lawmakers for strengthened workplace violence prevention standards in California’s hospitals. The legislative efforts center on Senate Bill 1299, a measure introduced by Senator Alex Padilla (D-Pacoima) in February. The bill would mandate that the Occupational Safety and […]

Supreme Court upholds Michigan’s affirmative action ban

This post was updated at 6:40 p.m. The Supreme Court upheld a voter-approved affirmative action ban in Michigan that is similar to California’s on Tuesday. A federal appeals court had previously ruled in Schuette v. Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action that Michigan’s Proposition 2, a ban on the consideration of race in university admissions, violated […]

USAC Finance Committee chair to resign before term ends

The chair of the undergraduate student government’s finance committee for the past two school years will resign in May, about a month before her term is set to expire. Cynthia Jasso, who served as the Undergraduate Students Association Council Finance Committee chair, plans to resign from her position early to go to Tulsa, Okla. to […]

Over 5,000 admits gather at UCLA for Bruin Day 2014

Janice Dilgert flew in from North Carolina with her father to walk through the booths sprawled across Royce Quad on Saturday, a bright yellow UCLA bag in hand. “UCLA was my dream school. I knew I wanted to go here for the past four years,” said Dilgert, a R-S Central High School senior, with a […]