Monday, October 26

UCLA student’s blog chronicles journey before, after double mastectomy

In the evenings when her husband was sleeping, she would talk to herself to prepare for the procedure. Though she was nervous about the decision she was making, she knew it could potentially change her genetic fate. Read more...

Photo: Rachel Stone, a graduate student at the UCLA School of Nursing, successfully underwent a prophylactic mastectomy in August and will undergo the second phase of the surgery in December. (Jessica Zhou/Daily Bruin)





UCLA CAPPP panel predicts government gridlock

Political science professors in a panel discussion Wednesday said they think the major Democratic losses in this year’s midterm election will cause a gridlocked government, preventing significant legislation from coming out of Congress in Barack Obama’s final two years as president. Read more...


ACM opens Speaker Series with talk by Internet pioneer, UCLA professor

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)


UCLA student veteran creates Drago Data app for IBM SmartCamp contest

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)