Two UCLA law students won $70,000 for creating a startup that recycles carbon dioxide emissions from vehicles into plastic. Mote, a startup company that aims to reduce carbon dioxide emissions in public transportation, won first place in the Lowell Milken Law Institute-Sandler Prize for New Entrepreneurs on April 11. The competition consisted of two stages […]
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UCLA social organization provides support for acquired brain injury victims
A patient Nina Cherian works with did not lose his love for golf even after his stroke two years ago. “He really likes to play golf, and he says that when he plays golf, he feels like the way he was before he had the stroke,” said Cherian, a third-year neuroscience student. Cherian is vice […]
Latinx conference discusses representation in STEM, resources for students
This post was updated March 13 at 1:33 a.m. Joanna Navarro said at an event Saturday that she often felt out of place in her statistics classes because there were few students who shared her Latina background. “Even in my classroom, I see really stark disparities, an underrepresentation of black and brown (people),” she said. […]