A box resembling an arcade game with hand controls and pedals is now the new knife and scalpel surgeons have traditionally used for centuries. Robotic surgery is becoming increasingly popular as one of the minimally invasive techniques used by surgeons across the country, as well as many UCLA urologists, cardiothoracic surgeons, gynecological surgeons and general surgeons. Read more...

While UCLA prepares to award 11,000 degrees, three students at UC Merced will participate in the university’s first graduation ceremony today. In a room that seats 300, UC Merced plans to award diplomas for the first time ““ to one graduate student and two undergraduate students. Read more...

Going against years of certain commission positions being filled by independent officers, Slate Refund is running candidates for commission positions in this year’s undergraduate student government election, and independent candidates have altered their campaigns in response. Read more...

Editor’s note: Audio clips in this story contain some expletive lyrics. Six-foot-two with freckles and reddish hair, Patrick Williams is not your typical MC. Neither is his friend, dreadlocked Jessica Amisial, a spoken word performer and poet. Read more...

Editor’s note: Audio clips in this story contain some expletive lyrics. Usually quiet after dark, the heart of campus Wednesday night thumped to phat beats as some of UCLA’s finest b-boys and MCs popped, flowed and spit their illest rhymes. Read more...

A truck potentially containing hazardous material is currently being inspected by Los Angeles Fire Department hazardous materials officials, resulting in a number of street closures around campus. Read more...

Chancellor Albert Carnesale, who will be stepping down from his post in June, has been announced as the keynote speaker for the Hippocratic Oath ceremony for the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine. Read more...