Tuesday, April 7

Researchers strive to channel the strength of terahertz waves

A UCLA researcher is working to improve doctors’ abilities to detect tumors. Mona Jarrahi, an electrical engineering associate professor and principal investigator of the Terahertz Electronics Laboratory, developed a new technology that converts light into high-powered radiation waves, called terahertz waves. Read more...

Photo: Mona Jarrahi, an associate professor of electrical engineering, leads the development of a new technology to create more sensitive detectors through terahertz waves. (Jennifer Hu/Daily Bruin staff)


Students stand in solidarity with UCLA’s undocumented population

Students wrote messages in support of the undocumented student community on butterfly-shaped notes at an event Thursday. The butterfly was chosen as the symbol of the Undocumented CommUNITY event, led by undocumented students, because it is considered a symbol of migration, said Daysy Palma-Cruz, an event organizer and third-year political science student. Read more...

Photo: Isabel Figueroa, a third-year psychology student, posed in front of the giant butterfly poster board set up to support the undocumented student community. (Coco Wang/Daily Bruin)






Students fight against throwing away of plastic bag ban

Students supporting a statewide ban on single-use plastic bags held a press conference Wednesday morning in Meyerhoff Park to make their case to the public. About 20 students from California Public Interest Research Group, and interns from the Monterey Bay Aquarium shared reasons they think people should support Proposition 67. Read more...

Photo: UCLA students in CALPIRG advocated Wednesday morning for Proposition 67, which would uphold California’s ban on single-use plastic bags in grocery and retail stores. (Miriam Bribiesca/Photo editor)