A Taylor Swift song plays in the background as the surgeon speaks to the camera in his operating room. Read more...
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Dr. Isaac Yang, a neurosurgeon at UCLA Ronald Reagan Medical Center and an assistant professor at the David Geffen School of Medicine, researches and removes brain tumors.
(Courtesy of Issac Yang)
The Islamic Studies graduate program has reopened after months of back-and-forth with the Graduate Council. Read more...
An upcoming rally organized by UCLA student leadership will mingle advocacy with music as a more innovative means of drawing attention to the budget crisis. Read more...
Prepare your campus maps, Bruins. More than 10,000 prospective freshmen and their families are expected to arrive on Saturday morning for Bruin Day, UCLA's largest-ever program for admitted students. Read more...
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UCLA’s first-ever Bruin Day will take place on Saturday. More than 10,000 prospective freshmen are expected to attend.
The rumbling sounded like somebody was jumping up and down on his floor at 4:31 a.m. But when resident assistant Todd Sargent realized it was an earthquake, he was still too sleepy to rise from bed. Read more...
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Students were trapped in dorm rooms after the 6.7 Northridge earthquake turned furniture into entry blockades. Shown here is a room in Sunset Village.
Proposed cuts to the Pell Grant program in the House Republicans' budget proposals would force UCLA to revise financial aid offers. That could influence the decisions of thousands of admitted students with a May 1 intent-to-register deadline, UCLA officials said Wednesday. Read more...
Like many young entrepreneurs, Zachary Spitulski began with a simple idea conceived in a college dorm room.
While sitting around his computer with a few friends during winter quarter, Spitulski, a second-year Design | Media Arts student, brainstormed an idea for a computer application that would let users create and view virtual flashcards on their computers, as well as allow them to sync their cards to their smart phones.
"Something like that would be hugely successful, especially at a university," Spitulski said. Read more...
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Zachary Spitulski Portrait
