At age 13, Randall Rojas looked to the skies and felt humbled by the serenity and beauty of space. When he first read Albert Einstein’s writings on the forces of nature, he learned about the “theory of everything” – the idea that all physical laws governing the universe can be explained by a single mathematical […]
Author Archives: Allison Ong
Bruins to compete in World Finals of international programming contest
In one week, four UCLA students will pack their bags for a trip to Morocco, prepared to huddle around a single computer at one of the most prestigious computer programming competitions in the world. They will tackle five hours of advanced computer coding and technical problem-solving, surrounded by piles of scratch paper and teams of […]
Stickers targeting undocumented individuals found on campus
At least two stickers expressing negative sentiments about undocumented individuals were found Tuesday on newsstands near Campbell Hall and the Charles E. Young Research Library.
Professor’s BACON fuses chemistry, biology education with pop culture
Organic chemistry lessons usually have little association with sports. But when Krishan Patel enrolled in professor Neil Garg’s chemistry class last year, he completed a series of online tutorials where organic molecules and pop culture fused in each lesson. One tutorial taught Patel about the molecular structure of AZT – a drug used to treat […]
Three UCLA professors elected to National Academy of Sciences
The National Academy of Sciences elected three UCLA professors to its organization Tuesday. The UCLA inductees, coming from the disciplines of microbiology and immunology, chemical engineering and geography, are three of 84 members elected to the academy this year. James Liao, Glen MacDonald and Jeffrey Miller were inducted into the academy. The University of California […]
UCLA alumna researches, protects wild cats
Bobcat M154 weighed about 24 pounds when Laurel Serieys and Seth Riley encountered him in the wild. The pair had an hourlong window to drug the animal and sample his blood for its research on Los Angeles bobcats. They waited in the cold winter weather for the cat to regain consciousness. “He was the biggest […]
Gov. Brown commits $3M to UC Health precision medicine project
University of California, San Francisco announced Tuesday that Gov. Jerry Brown has committed $3 million in state funds to a UC Health system project that aims to advance precision medicine. The project, called the California Initiative to Advance Precision Medicine, will begin within the UC Health system, which consists of five medical centers, including the […]