Robert Cooper spent three months alone in a desert reserve and left determined to visit all 39 locations in the University of California Natural Reserve System. Read more...
Photo: Stunt Ranch is one of two natural reserves managed by UCLA. The UC Natural Reserve system celebrated its 50th anniversary last week. (Austin Yu/Daily Bruin senior staff)
A lone pelican skidded into the surface of the ocean, kicking up water droplets like a skier in fresh snow. Miles away from the coast of Los Angeles, Jeroen Molemaker’s research vessel bobbed on the waves of Santa Monica Bay, as student researchers tinkered with oceanographic technology onboard. Read more...
Photo: Jeroen Molemaker, an assistant researcher of atmospheric, oceanic and environmental sciences, received more than $50,000 from the Office of Instructional Development and the Scripps Research Institute to upgrade one of the old boats that belongs to the UCLA Marine Operations program. (Tehya Faulk/Daily Bruin)
Gary Hayashi frequently offers counsel to individuals who have lost their identities trying to mirror others’ expectations and struggle to come out as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender. Read more...
Photo: Several graduate students participated in the annual Qgrad conference, discussing research related to issues the LGBT community faces. (Alejandra Reyes/Daily Bruni senior staff)
UCLA faculty, California politicians and business executives are developing new technological tools that support California’s efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, as announced at a conference held at the UCLA School of Law Friday. Read more...
Philippe Videau held a single flexible strip of connected triangular pieces in his hands. Seconds ago, the product was an entire bike helmet with an organic frame made of mycelium, a structure found in mushrooms. Read more...
Photo: Philippe Videau, a fifth-year aerospace engineering student, helped create a flexible helmet that can mold to customized head shapes from a structure found in mushrooms. (Miriam Bribiesca/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Marco Ferreira’s recovery process has been a long one, consisting of three surgeries, ongoing physical rehabilitation and numerous visits from therapy dogs. In 2008, Ferreira was involved in a motorcycle accident that resulted in a traumatic brain injury and left him in a coma for six weeks. Read more...
Photo: Gigi Schiller, a staff member for People-Animal Connection, pets Larry, one of the program’s 70 therapy dogs. The program, which was founded in 1994, has dogs visit patients, staff and families in different UCLA Health centers to help them in recovery. (Michael Zshornack/Daily Bruin)
University of California researchers will present a report recommending officials to regulate carbon emissions and reduce short-lived pollutant concentrations at a United Nations conference on climate change later this month. Read more...
