This post was updated July 24 at 3:14 p.m. A former UCLA football player was arrested Thursday in connection to an alleged attempt to rob a Riverside County medical marijuana dispensary in 2016, several outlets report. Craig Lee, a running back for the Bruins from 2013 to 2015, was charged with one count of attempted […]
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Former UCLA cardiologist and professor remembered for contributions to community
Glenn Langer, a former director of cardiovascular research at UCLA who helped mentor more than 600 disadvantaged Los Angeles public school students, died June 19 at 91 years old. His colleagues from UCLA cardiology and from the college-readiness organization he founded remember him as a heart scientist with a big heart. “One of my fondest […]
Michael Skiles to graduate from UCLA, has no plans to retire from Westwood
Michael Skiles was at a meet-the-candidates event in 2017 while running unopposed for Graduate Students Association president when he heard a new brewery wanted to open in Westwood. It started a chain of events that would see him help subdivide Westwood into two. Skiles, a graduate student in philosophy, former three-time president of the GSA, […]
‘Week of action’ promotes Southeast Asian solidarity with campaigns, forums
Southeast Asian student groups at UCLA and across the nation called attention to rising deportation rates of Southeast Asian Americans under President Donald Trump’s administration. The Asian Pacific Coalition at UCLA, several of its member organizations and Southeast Asian student groups nationwide held a “week of action” last week to raise awareness about the issue. […]
DataRes showcases data science’s scope, from Earthlike exoplanets to LA crime stats
This post was updated August 3 at 10:37 a.m. Mason MacDougall presented a model that uses data science to help astronomers find planets with the same living conditions as on Earth by monitoring nearby stars. When a planet crosses in front of a star, he said, the received light from the star dims. By tracking […]
UCLA professor awarded medal for editing, writing works on history of physics
A UCLA professor won the History of Science Society’s highest honor May 22. UCLA distinguished professor of history M. Norton Wise was awarded the Sarton Medal for his writings and editing on the history of physics, according to an HSS press release. Wise has written three books on the history of physics, including “Energy and […]
Bruins for Accessible Resources holds first fair, providing variety of goods
Jayesh Menon became motivated to fight homelessness after witnessing a homeless woman begging for food with her infant daughter in Westwood Village last summer. “Everyone around us (was) ignoring her,” he said. “And that just really struck me, and that’s why I decided, you know, I should do something about this.” This led Menon, a […]