Brian Lehigh shadowed dentists at a local veteran’s hospital several years ago to explore his future specialties. While volunteering, he met patients who inspired him to mesh his career with veteran’s affairs. Read more...

Photo: Brian Lehigh, a third-year graduate student in dentistry, co-created Operation Bruin Smiles, a program that subsidizes dental care for student veterans and students who are former or current foster youths, poses with third-year dental student Lance Peery. (Keila Mayberry/Daily Bruin)

Bingen Cortazar takes a leaf, slides it into a small plastic box and holds it in front of his face. He looks at it a moment, then presses a button on the side of the red eyeglass frame-turned-computer. Read more...

Photo: Bingen Cortazar, a graduate student in electrical engineering, uses a Google Glass mobile system he helped develop to measure chlorophyll concentrations in plants. (Eu Ran Kwak/Daily Bruin)