In a recent study examining different points of view regarding the rise in obesity in the United States, two UCLA sociologists concluded that the condition is not an epidemic, as widely reported by scientists and the media. Abigail Saguy, UCLA assistant professor of sociology, and sociology graduate student Kevin Riley explained in their article, “Weighing […]
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Truly reinventing the wheel
When third-year microbiology student Nima Milani-Nejad entered the 2005 Building and Landscape Product Design Competition, he “had no idea (he) was going to win” anything. After all, Milani-Nejad was up against 80 entries offered by 25 different individuals, groups and companies ““ including those whose sole business was to design products created from waste tires, […]
New institute aids cancer research
With the passage of last year’s Proposition 71 and the creation of a new stem cell research institute at UCLA, recent graduates will have many opportunities in cancer research over the next 10 years. Inaugurated in March, the UCLA Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Medicine was a joint effort between the Geffen School of […]
Enigma pieces together media convention for tsunami relief
What do Disney cartoons, Star Trek, UCLA professors, video games, and tsunami relief all have in common? Bringing together a motley collection of genre media professionals and education, the UCLA science fiction, fantasy, horror and gaming club Enigma is hosting EnigmaCon 2005 this Saturday on the UCLA campus as a tsunami relief fund-raiser. Enigma is […]
Student engineers develop program for online class discussions
Students wishing to avoid crammed office hour sessions and having to scour Powell to find a room for their study group to meet will soon have a convenient alternative. A small group of students in UCLA’s chapter of the Association for Computing Machinery are developing CourseChat, an instant messaging service to be incorporated in the […]
Ragobots scale frontier of strategy games
The wars of the future are becoming more real and closer to home than ever before … for fantasy role players and tabletop generals, that is. A team of UCLA graduate students developed a system of robots based on mobile sensor technology at UCLA’s Networked & Embedded Systems Laboratory. The project, Real Action Gaming Robots, […]
Patent support aids researchers
When UCLA Professors Ben Wu and Eric Ting first thought to patent a new bone regeneration technique they developed, they had little idea where to begin. They are not alone. The process of transforming university research into patented products and methods is a mysterious task for the many professors who create the University of California’s […]