Hundreds of Bruins and Angelenos gathered on Broxton Avenue with their loved ones last Saturday for the Broxton Nights Sweetheart Market. On the second Saturday of every month, Broxton Avenue is closed to traffic and transformed into a night market for the community. February’s Valentine's Day edition featured an artisanal vendor marketplace, music from the Soundbox Truck and roller skating...

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Medical, dental and nursing students joined a collaborative blood drive Friday to collect donations for patients at UCLA Health hospitals. The drive, which took place at Geffen Hall, was hosted by the Blood Donation Initiative at the David Geffen School of Medicine in partnership with groups including the UCLA Mobile Clinic Project and NMDP – formerly known as the National...

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The December edition of First Thursdays took over Broxton Avenue on Thursday night, featuring a “Let There Be Light” theme. The monthly First Thursdays event series began in March 2022 and has welcomed over 55,000 guests since then, said Eddie North-Hager, a UCLA spokesperson, adding that this month’s event aimed to highlight Bruins and their creativity – from a cappella...

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Bruins gathered on Wilson Plaza on Thursday for music, soft serve ice cream and lawn games during the November edition of First Thursdays. The event series, which is hosted by UCLA, launched in March 2022 with the goal of bringing the community together. This month’s "Bruin Beats" theme was designed to serve students during midterm season, said Eddie North-Hager, the...

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Dozens of vendors from around Los Angeles set up shop on Broxton Avenue on Thursday to welcome Bruins and the Westwood community for this academic year’s inaugural First Thursdays block party. This month’s “Night Market” is a continuation of the First Thursdays event series that began over a year ago by UCLA and the Westwood Village Improvement Association. Chancellor Gene...

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On World Blood Donor Day, 5-year-old Wesley Rae met one of the donors who helped save his life. During the UCLA Blood & Platelet Center’s 24th annual World Blood Donor Day event Wednesday, hosted at the Meyer and Renee Luskin Conference Center, Rae met Kaz Ando, one of his platelet donors. Rae, who was diagnosed with severe combined immunodeficiency, was...

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The streets of Westwood were filled with joy Thursday as hundreds of Bruins and Westwood community members arrived on Broxton Avenue for May’s First Thursdays block party celebration. During the evening event titled "Joy Fest," attendees engaged in a variety of activities, including squeegee art, a scavenger hunt and personalized portrait paintings. The monthly First Thursdays event series, organized by...

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Denis McDonough, the United States secretary of Veterans Affairs, visited the UCLA School of Nursing on Tuesday for a discussion with faculty and students. McDonough’s visit served to strengthen the partnership between UCLA and the VA at the start of Nurses Month and emphasize career opportunities in VA to student nurses and student nurse veterans.“We have a really important partnership...

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UCLA’s Blood & Platelet Center hosted its second annual Black History Month blood drive Saturday on the Hill. The event focused on increasing awareness of the value of a racially diverse blood supply and providing an opportunity for students and university personnel to donate blood. Tom King, the campus liaison for UCLA's Blood and Platelet Center, said last year’s inaugural...

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Campus Queries is a series in which Daily Bruin readers and staff present science-related questions for UCLA professors and experts to answer. Q: What is RSV and how is it contributing to a ‘tripledemic’?A: Cases of respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, have been rising across the country, paralleling increases in COVID-19 and flu cases. This year’s early and strong uptick...

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