Armando Huipe has an alternate personality. Her name is Charon and tonight she will be wearing a Ke$ha-inspired black and gold dress to prom. Huipe is one of the hundreds of UCLA students attending the third annual Pride Prom, an event celebrating the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community and its allies. "We see it as a kind of second chance at prom "“ this time, you get to go with the person you really wanted to go with," said Darlene Tran, third-year psychology student and recruitment chair of Gamma Rho Lambda, a lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, questioning, queer, intersexed and allied sorority for anyone who identifies herself as female. Gamma Rho Lambda is co-hosting tonight's event with Delta Lambda Phi, a fraternity for gay, bisexual and progressive men. This year's theme is "Burlesque," inspired by the eponymous movie starring Christina Aguilera. Huipe, who just finished his term as president of Delta Lambda Phi, said he attended two proms in high school. Read more...

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Members of UCLA’s Gamma Rho Lambda celebrated Pride Prom last spring. This year’s Pride Prom, happening tonight, marks the end of Ally Week.

History repeats itself, even if it takes 4 million years. In a collaborative research project, Aradhna Tripati, assistant professor of atmospheric and oceanic sciences, has discovered a way to examine the conditions of arctic ice sheets between 3.5 and 4 million years ago "“ by using fossils. Read more...

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Assistant Professor Aradhna Tripati and her lab study fossils from 3.5 to 4 billion years ago to get a picture of the future and possible climate change.

A smile spreads across Stephen Murray's face as he answers a question about the building Royce Hall was modeled after. Read more...

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Professor Stephen Murray from Columbia University spoke about his digital mapping project Monday, a research endeavor that would provide images of the most famous Gothic buildings in France. This lecture was only the second public showing of Murray’s work in the nation.