It’s a problem many college students, especially incoming Bruins, are familiar with: impacted courses.
This problem is so universal and visible that the cynicism quickly spreads to new students.
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Opening Minds: Neuroscience workshops teach brain basics
Pink brains about the size of fists laid on trays in a medical school teaching lab, moments before they were sliced open by eager hands. Students clad in white lab coats and goggles poked and prodded the brains, armed with only some basic medical tools. The aspiring researchers are students aged from 12 to 18 […]
Mix of styles influence Noah and the MegaFauna
As a Los Angeles-based swing big band, Noah and the MegaFauna incorporates sounds ranging from acoustic gypsy jazz to indie rock and folk.
Bruin gains experience after competing abroad with Team Canada
Just like when she first began lifting and conditioning with the UCLA women’s basketball team last year, the first week of training with the Canadian team left Nirra Fields so sore, she couldn’t roll around in bed. But like last year, Fields was able to push through the pain and contribute on the basketball court.
Speraw brings national team experience back to UCLA
When the UCLA men’s volleyball team’s season ended in spring, coach John Speraw began planning for summer trips to Poland and Brazil. But instead of warm beaches, Speraw spent his days and nights indoors on the volleyball court.
Bruins represent US, place fifth in World University Games
Only a small percentage of athletes in the world have the opportunity to compete at the NCAA Division I level. Even fewer are given the chance to represent their entire country on the grand stage of international athletic competition. This summer, the UCLA men’s water polo team was granted the rare opportunity to represent the […]
Video: Fictional characters, real psychology
In the DC Comics’ Batgirl series, Dr. Andrea Letamendi is Batgirl’s personal therapist. In reality, Dr. Andrea Letamendi’s life is not that different. Self-proclaimed nerd Dr. Letamendi is a UCLA clinical psychologist who specializes in superhero psychology. She merges her passions for both psychology and comic book characters as a creative consultant, comic convention speaker […]