UCLA-cultivated device may have many efficient uses

A breakthrough device recently created by UCLA researchers is capable of converting electrical signals 50 times faster than the best commercially available one, and has promising implications for more efficient communication systems and for defense against high-powered electromagnetic bombs. After eight years of work, Professor Bahram Jalali presented a modified form of a conventional digitizer […]

Medical education endures suspension

Since its creation in 1950, the willed body program has offered medical students the opportunity to receive hands-on experience in understanding the human body before entering careers as operating surgeons and doctors. UCLA medical students continue to gain meaningful experience from their “gross anatomy” classes despite the suspension of the willed body program last March. […]

Anderson continues push to privatize funds

Like a few other top public graduate schools in the country, the UCLA Anderson School of Management is setting the groundwork to become a self-funding institution to preserve its high ranking. By lessening its reliance on state funding, the school would avoid being unsettled by the tumultuous and unpredictable California state budget, financial analysts say. […]

Bill extends aid benefits to partnerships

A California state bill may increase eligibility for University of California students in domestic partnerships to receive financial aid. AB 205, the California Domestic Partners and Responsibilities Act, took effect Jan. 1 and extends many of the rights and benefits granted to married couples under California law to registered domestic partners. The act affects student […]