One device, a digital speaker assistant, listens to the sounds in a home all day, collecting information for Amazon to personalize each marketing experience. Other gadgets are worn on the body and track fitness or surf the Web while storing personal data. Read more...
Photo: MBA student Jacob Bluhm finishes a demonstration of the Oculus Rift virtual reality headset at this year’s CES at Anderson event. (Daniel Alcazar/Daily Bruin)
John Goodlad, an influential professor, researcher and former dean of UCLA’s Graduate School of Education and Information Studies, died of cancer on Nov. 29 in Seattle. Read more...
Photo: John Goodlad, a former dean of the UCLA’s Graduate School of Education and Information Studies, died of cancer in Seattle on Nov. 29. (Courtesy of Paula McMannon)
Leland L. Nichols, a UCLA alumnus, former journalist and gay rights activist who acted as a mentor to many, died Dec. 14 in San Pablo from congestive heart failur. Read more...
Photo: Leland L. Nichols, a UCLA alumnus, former journalist and gay rights activist, died Dec. 14 from congestive heart failure. (Courtesy of Laurie Hensley)
UCLA alumnus Mukund Padmanabhan recently donated $2.5 million to fund a laboratory in his name in the new Engineering VI building. The laboratory will focus on semiconductor systems, according to a UCLA press release. Read more...
Photo: UCLA alumnus Mukund Padmanabhan recently donated $2.5 million to fund a laboratory in his name in the new Engineering VI building. (Courtesy of UCLA Newsroom)
Undergraduate student government surplus funds total $103,000 this year, marking the third time in a row that the pool of money has shrunk by at least $100,000 in a year. Read more...
Photo: Typically, tens of thousands of dollars go to funding the JazzReggae Festival and Bruin Bash, as well as occasional councilmember initiatives. (Daily Bruin file photo)
Political conversations filled the air Wednesday night as about 20 UCLA students met in a Westwood apartment to advocate for Sen. Elizabeth Warren to run for president. Read more...
Photo: Fourth-year political science and African American studies student Devin Murphy and other Ready for Warren supporters were among about 20 students who met in a Westwood apartment Wednesday night to advocate for Sen. Elizabeth Warren to run for president. (Alyssa Dorn/Daily Bruin)
Los Angeles Police Department crime statistics for 2014 showed a citywide spike in violent crimes after 12 years of dropping city crime rates. At a news conference in December, officers said robberies, homicides, rapes and other violent offenses in Los Angeles had increased by more than 12 percent in the past two years. Read more...
