Forty-five years ago, he sent the first ever instant message from the halls of Boelter to a computer in a Stanford lab. The Stanford computer crashed almost instantly, flashing just the letters "LO" before going blank. Read more...
Photo: Leonard Kleinrock, one of the Internet’s early pioneers, spoke to about 30 students in a crowded Boelter Hall classroom Wednesday. (Kailey Rishovd/Daily Bruin)
Fourth-year anthropology student Shann Dornhecker remembers standing in her apartment sobbing because she couldn't find her keys. Other days, she would have sudden angry outbursts or be startled by loud noises. Read more...
Photo: Fourth-year anthropology student Shann Dornhecker’s app, Drogo Data, allows users to input data on a spreadsheet while they are still in the field. The app saves users hours of tediously typed up data after already spending time in the field logging data into a notebook. (Jintak Han/Daily Bruin)
The graduate student government elected UCLA law student Milan Chatterjee to fill a vacant cabinet seat Wednesday. Chatterjee, formerly the director of Graduate Students Association’s discretionary funding, ran against Heidi Alexander and Matthew FitzGerald for the GSA vice president of internal affairs position. Read more...
A Los Angeles-based philanthropist recently donated $10 million to launch a new center at the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television. Jeff Skoll, founder and chairman of Participant Media and former president of eBay, gave $10 million to create the Skoll Center for Social Impact Entertainment. Read more...
Members of UCLA’s Sigma Pi fraternity and the family of 2010 alumnus Garni Arakelian gathered last month in a small ceremony to honor his life and legacy. Read more...
Photo: Garni Arakelian stands with his girlfriend of five years, Jenny Ladner. (Courtesy of Astineh Arakelian)
Police arrested a UCLA alumnus Tuesday in connection with the weekend theft of more than 50 MacBook laptops from the Charles E. Young Research Library. Read more...
Photo: UCPD retrieved 53 laptops late Tuesday from Seyed Hesari’s Hollywood home. (Jintak Han/Daily Bruin)
Years or even decades after they fought in military conflicts for the U.S., UCLA student veterans gathered Monday at the university’s seventh annual Veterans Day ceremony to contemplate their service and the fights that lie ahead. Read more...
Photo: Military science department chair Lt. Col. Michael S. McDermott gives a speech. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)
