For the first time in nearly a decade, the Battling Robots Competition will again be held at UCLA. Hosted by UCLA’s Eta Kappa Nu and Symantec, the competition, which is free to the public, will be held tonight from 5 to 9 pm in 3760 Boelter Hall. Read more...

A young man dies from a heart disease, and it’s later discovered he was underfed while in the womb of his mother. But how does this relate to his heart disease? Read more...

Keri Seymour’s commanding confidence and outgoing nature belies that only a short while ago she was recovering from a near-deadly encounter with an eating disorder. After taking several years off, this is her first semester back in school at Pasadena City College, where she is a first-year theater arts student . Read more...

Professors elected to science academy Four UCLA professors were elected as Fellows to join the 2003 class of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. They are Computer Science Professor Leonard Kleinrock, Economics Professor Kenneth L. Read more...

There’s an inundation of pop in America. No, I’m not talking about pop music’s *NSYNC, Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera or any other popular artists flooding the sound waves. Read more...

In the hills of Thailand, 23 Buddhist monks are working around the clock to treat patients who are dying of AIDS. Twenty of these monks have contracted AIDS themselves in the process ““ but there isn’t anyone else but them to care for the sick. Read more...

In the first row of a UCLA medical school lecture hall, second-year Nghi Lu takes notes attentively. Her eyes shift between her professor and the slides he projects on the screen. Read more...