Sunday, May 3

Caffeine used in excess can have consequences

Kieran Kayalackakom never drinks coffee because he hates the taste. But for his first midterms, the first-year neuroscience student stayed up for 72 hours on seven vanilla lattes with a double shot of espresso from Bruin Café. Read more...


Remembering a UCLA icon

David Saxon, who came to UCLA in 1947 to teach nuclear physics, and in more than five decades that followed became an iconic figure in the University of California system, died Thursday at the UCLA Medical Center after a long illness. Read more...




Undie Run safety at issue

As participation grows in the Undie Run, an event which takes place each quarter on Wednesday night of finals week, concerns over issues of safety and property damage from university and law enforcement officials are increasing. Read more...


Saxon refused to sign communist oath

David Saxon once defied university policy by refusing to sign an oath pledging that he was not a member of the Communist party, and was dismissed as a professor at UCLA, putting his career in jeopardy. Read more...


New AIDS study clouds vaccine

The progress toward developing an HIV vaccine may be hindered by the results of a new study by UCLA researchers, which found differences in the way identical twins’ immune systems responded to the virus. Read more...