A full-scale wooden model of a hyperloop capsule stood in one room of the studio as students discussed potential designs for it next door, their desks cluttered with illustrations, measurements and laptops running animations of the futuristic transportation system. Read more...
Photo: Students and researchers designing the hyperloop capsule brainstorm and collaborate in a studio in Playa Vista. (Austin Yu/Daily Bruin senior staff)
A judge ordered a Los Angeles man Tuesday to stand trial for the attempted murder of UCLA alumnus John DeMartini on Christmas Eve. Edris Lamont Banks, 46, appeared in front of L.A. Read more...
The vice chancellor of UCLA Health Sciences and dean of the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA resigned Chancellor Gene Block announced on Tuesday. Read more...
The University of California Student Association passed a resolution Sunday conveying their lack of confidence in the UC Board of Regents and UC President Janet Napolitano. Read more...
About 70 students gathered in Meyerhoff Park Monday night to express solidarity with the victims of the recent attacks at the French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo and at a Jewish supermarket near Porte de Vincennes, France. Read more...
Photo: Dozens of students marched silently through campus Monday night as part of a vigil for the victims of the attacks at the French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo. The walk through Royce Quad and down Janss Steps followed the solidarity march in Paris on Sunday. (Daniel Alcazar/Daily Bruin)
Shannon Jessen was sleeping in her room in Rieber Terrace when her desk began to shake and the noise of jackhammers reverberated off the walls. Standing barefoot on the ground, she was able to feel constant movement, Jessen, a first-year economics student, said. Read more...
His first assignment was to lead a relief initiative for Haiti in the aftermath of its 2010 earthquake. His actions, along with those of supporting American organizations, were part of a humanitarian effort in which about 50 percent of American families donated to the cause. Read more...
