Students find mentors for career advice through StudentMentor.org

Diana Meneses didn’t know what to do after she decided to become a medical social worker.
Meneses, a third-year sociology student, was at a loss for what classes to take; she knew few people in the field, and the counseling services on campus were not open during the gaps in her schedule.

Raytheon funds research in public safety communications

In a country that prides itself on being at the forefront of new technology, it is a wonder that police officers, firefighters and paramedics still largely rely on the good old-fashioned walkie-talkie.

Indeed, the average college student’s smartphone is many times more advanced than the technology used by the people called upon in an emergency.

To fix this, Raytheon Company and the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science have partnered to create the UCLA Center for Public Safety and Network Systems.

Raytheon, a company that specializes in military weapons and missiles, has given UCLA $1 million to begin research in communications.

Doctors and vets tackle all animal health in Zoobiquity Conference

A lion with a faulty heart, a rhinoceros suffering from skin cancer and a bull terrier showing signs of obsessive compulsive disorder were just a few of the cases physicians and veterinarians recently discussed over sack lunches and a bus ride to the Los Angeles Zoo and Botanical Gardens.

Doctors from the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center and veterinarians from the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine came together at the Zoobiquity Conference on Jan.

Professor Stuart Biegel will lecture on his findings about pre-college LGBT discrimination at UCLA School of Law’s ‘The Right to be Out’

Armando Huipe had known for more than seven years that he was gay, but he did not come out after his high school graduation.

“I was playing a role at school and at home,” said Huipe, a fourth-year English student and president of Delta Lambda Phi, UCLA’s fraternity for gay, bisexual and progressive men.