In a country that prides itself on being at the forefront of new technology, it is a wonder that police officers, firefighters and paramedics still largely rely on the good old-fashioned walkie-talkie. Indeed, the average college student's smartphone is many times more advanced than the technology used by the people called upon in an emergency. To fix this, Raytheon Company and the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science have partnered to create the UCLA Center for Public Safety and Network Systems. Raytheon, a company that specializes in military weapons and missiles, has given UCLA $1 million to begin research in communications. Read more...

While almost all of his graduating class will go on to practice law, Noah Ornstein has his eyes set on movies.
With a couple of classmates, Ornstein hopes to start an international theater company to develop film industry markets in places such as Latin America. Currently a student in the UCLA School of Law, he represents a small portion of students hoping to do something different with their degree than practicing law. The law school will hold a panel today called "So You Don't Want to be a Lawyer?" for other students like Ornstein. Read more...