Benjamin Nguyen greeted Irwin Rosentein with a smile and a pat on the back. Like old friends, they sat down at a table and started talking about their day. Read more...
Photo: Second-year psychology student Alejandro Vicente Chavez Suchilt and Rudy Sauser play a game of chess as part of the TimeOut @ UCLA program. (Courtesy of Benjamin Nguyen)
The UCLA Health System was again ranked fifth in the country and first in California by U.S. News and World Report in its annual Best Hospitals 2014-2015 Honor Roll released this week. Read more...
The David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA received a $7.2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to develop new methods to diagnose rare genetic disorders, according to a UCLA statement released on Tuesday. Read more...
Jing Gong traveled to a rural Guatemalan village as a UCLA student for the third and last time this month, concluding a year-long student group project to improve water access in the area. Read more...
Photo: Students from UCLA’s student group, Engineers Without Borders in Chocantariy, Guatemala. (Courtesy of Niru Senthilkumar)
UCLA’s electrical engineering curriculum will undergo several changes in fall quarter to remove certain major requirements deemed unnecessary and include more introductory and design courses requested by students. Read more...
UCLA mathematics professor Terence Tao added another scholarly achievement to his collection last week. The Fields Medal recipient and MacArthur “Genius Grant” fellow won the Breakthrough Prize in Mathematics, earning him a $3 million prize. Read more...
Photo: UCLA mathematics professor Terence Tao won the Breakthrough Prize in Mathematics and $3 million last week. (Daily Bruin file photo)
The engine of a small, student-built plane roared to life as about 50 students and professors gathered to watch it complete a seven-meter-long track. The fourth-year aerospace engineering students who made the plane cringed as its engine stalled, causing their aircraft to loop midair over the finish line and crash into the ground. Read more...
