LA Hacks gathers about 1,300 participants at UCLA for hackathon

Aspiring web producers and app developers exclaimed as they held their smartphones up to capture the impressive scene of having more than a thousand hackers gathered in one space to spend the next 36 hours innovating and developing new ideas together. About 1,300 people from across the country convened at Pauley Pavilion last weekend for […]

Culture night performances showcase Korean society, art

The vibratos of the strings sang the melancholy tune of “Arirang,” a Korean folksong that mourns a long-gone companion. More than 1,800 people filled Royce Hall Thursday night for this year’s Korean Culture Night, which opened the show with the words “People of North Korea live, laugh and struggle, just like me and you.” The […]

Student groups introduce Bruins to integrative medicine

Students and faculty gracefully moved their hands in unison as they filled the auditorium with waves of tai chi movements at the second Annual Student Conference for Integrative Medicine on Saturday. UCLA’s Students for Integrative Medicine and the David Geffen Integrative Medicine Student Interest Group hosted the conference titled “Science and Art of Whole-Person Healing […]

UCLA alumna Sue Ann Pien dreams of a life on Mars

Sue Ann Pien parted her hair to reveal a map of the solar system tattooed on her scalp. “Can you see it?” Pien, who graduated from UCLA with a degree in international development studies in 2004 and dreams of one day going to space, may be among the first to glimpse a slice of space […]