For some, a black screen on their laptops is a form of communication. Their fingers fly across the keyboard as they compile a series of blue, green and red letters and numbers, stacking one statement on top of the other, until they’ve managed to bridge the language barrier between human and machine. But one small […]
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UCLA’s X1 Robotics seeks to engage students in hands-on projects
The second floor of Boelter Hall is often heard before it’s seen. Filled with sounds of metal striking metal, the open workspace is cluttered with wires, rods and circuit boards, serving as the home base for multiple engineering and computer science groups – and now, X1 Robotics. X1 Robotics is a student-run robotics club founded […]
UCLA Extension crafts “A Class of Beer” to be offered in spring
Throughout high school and college, Tomm Carroll hated beer. The taste, color and style of regional, yellow lagers all bored him, he said. But when independent breweries began opening across the U.S. in the 1980s, different flavors from around the world arrived in the form of craft beer. “I became interested in beer when beer […]
All of Us town hall encourages wider discourse on mental health issues
Students from an undergraduate student government initiative will hold a town hall meeting Thursday to discuss mental health issues and showcase campus resources. The All of Us campaign, an Undergraduate Students Association Council initiative that encourages UCLA students to openly discuss mental health issues, will host the event. At the town hall, students will brainstorm […]
Former Ireland president to speak for Luskin Lecture Series
The former president of Ireland will give a lecture on international conflicts resulting from climate change next Tuesday as part of the Luskin Lecture Series. Mary Robinson will be speaking in Kerckhoff Hall Grand Salon on Jan. 12 about the implications of the December United Nations Climate Change Conference in Paris. Kate O’Neal, assistant dean […]
UCLA Grand Challenge aims to tackle depression on global scale
UCLA researchers launched a 35-year project Wednesday that aims to decrease the global economic and health impact of depression by 50 percent by 2050. The Depression Grand Challenge initiative will be the largest UCLA research initiative thus far, with an anticipated budget of $525 million for the first 10 years, according to the statement released. […]
Student Creativity Center expands to encourage student collaboration
Several engineering students sat around a wooden table discussing prototypes for new technologies, surrounded by newly-built glass walls and piles of project materials. Student groups recently moved into the Student Creativity Center, which was expanded to include a new facility in Boelter Hall. The space now accommodates about seven additional student groups, following a $1 […]