Tuesday, May 5

Technical Entrepreneurial Community makes scientific dreams commercialized realities

After working as a computer science engineer for five years, Max Ohlendorf was tired of getting lost in the stratified bureaucracy of a company. He wanted control over what he was doing and direct input on his own projects. After entering the UCLA Anderson School of Management's dual degree MBA/master of computer science program, he joined the Technical Entrepreneurial Community at UCLA. "I felt the yearning for entrepreneurship. Read more...

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Courtesy of Matthew Chin
The Technical Entrepreneurial Community at UCLA helps teach engineering students how to make their technological ideas commercially viable.




UCLA students aid struggling town in Mexico

MACLOVIO ROJAS, MEXICO "”mdash; The local market was emptier than usual, but even in the light rain, there was still a line of people waiting to be seen at the makeshift clinic. Read more...

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Elida Juarez, 30, prepares the beef for tacos at Antojitos Mexicanos, a family-owned food stand in the market in Maclovio Rojas. Juarez is a resident of a nearby town and has been working at her family’s restaurant for 10 years.