For a Nobel Prize winner, Richard Heck seems to lead a relatively normal life. The 79-year-old UCLA alumnus and professor emeritus at the University of Delaware is retired and currently lives in the Philippines with his wife. Read more...
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Standing in the Hollywood Bowl in the 1950s, William Sharpe sang a war ballad with his fellow khaki-wearing Theta Xi brothers during Spring Sing. More than 50 years later, Sharpe, a Nobel laureate and professor emeritus of finance at Stanford University, returned to UCLA on Monday night as the guest of honor at the fraternity's weekly dinner meeting. "It's an experience for the undergraduates to see that a distinguished alum of Theta Xi is willing to come back to his roots," said Joe Cottrell, president of the UCLA Theta Xi Alumni Association. Cottrell said he invited Sharpe to visit during the past two years, and after a few scheduling conflicts, Sharpe was finally able to attend. Read more...
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Nobel laureate, professor emeritus of finance at Stanford University and UCLA alumnus William Sharpe visited campus on Monday. Sharpe is a Theta Xi alumnus and spoke at the fraternity’s dinner meeting.
With a $12.5 million grant from the National Science Foundation, UCLA will introduce a new computer science teaching tool aimed at L.A. Read more...
The Supreme Court, which reconvened last week for its 222nd session with new Justice Elena Kagan, will be considering at least 52 cases during the next few months. Read more...
The poor quarter of Etoudi pulsates with life as the sun begins to set. In the center of the neighborhood, taxis are honking their way down the main road, barely missing the street vendors who are playing cards under umbrellas. And on an elevated plateau, children selling goods are watching a basketball game unfold on the chipped concrete. Read more...
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Hans is an 18-year-old point guard who dreams about playing for the Portland Trail Blazers. But his window of opportunity is closing ““ an issue that Hans is well aware of.
YAOUNDÉ, Cameroon "”mdash; It's Holiday, and Biliga Marvel Bemelingue does not have school. Read more...
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Biliga Marvel Bemelingue sits in his home in Yaoundé, Cameroon. The 14-year-old has dreams of receiving a university education while playing collegiate basketball, and hopes to one day become an architect.
YAOUNDÉ, Cameroon ÂÂ"”mdash; Tedd Ray Bitsegui Ambassa is sitting comfortably in an oversized leather chair in a hotel room with two reporters, carefully narrating the story of his life. Read more...
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Tedd Ray Bitsegui Ambassa, of Yaoundé, Cameroon, has been playing basketball for more than a decade. Although Bitsegui had yearlong bouts playing in Bosnia and Morocco and spent four years on the Cameroon national team, his aspirations to play professionally never became reality. He now co-coaches a junior team.
