Most people wouldn’t build a LEGO castle by starting with a huge block of LEGOs and then slowly chipping away at the sides until they sculpt out the perfect shape. But this is the traditional method scientists have been using for years in manufacturing. All this is about to change. With the development of nanotechnology, […]
Author Archives: Rachel Makabi
UCLA must fill recent top-level vacancies
Thousands of applications flood the offices of Murphy Hall each year, but prospective students aren’t the only ones vying for positions at UCLA. In a highly competitive process, administrators are also reviewing the applications of people who want top-level positions in the in UCLA’s College of Letters and Sciences. With the recent vacancies of the […]
Students’ dreams undiminished by tragedy
In a remote classroom in the Engineering IV building, Sam Phan and Robert Lobbia were busy building models of space shuttles and rockets Monday afternoon. The mood is more solemn than it was last week, Lobbia said, but the explosion of the Columbia space shuttle Saturday will not deter these fifth-year aerospace engineering students, and […]
UCLA professors discuss casualty, financial risks of space missions
In an age of routine flights and technological advances, the explosion of the Columbia space shuttle Saturday hit a nation that felt immune to accidents with new fears about space exploration. Manned missions into space allow for scientific experiments physically impossible to conduct on Earth, and also to work on the international space station and […]
Professors debate existence of political bias in classroom
People frequently label universities as marketplaces of ideas, where professors and students hash out global issues in order to make informed decisions. But even though the nation appears to be nearly equally divided between Democrats and Republicans, universities are not. The issue is not a great concern in mathematics and sciences, but it is a […]
President’s competency questioned
President Bush is no stranger to criticism from the academic world. Labeled as more conservative than his father by political scientists, his push for war and stances on abortion and affirmative action have polarized him against many in largely liberal university communities. But the criticism runs deeper. Academics don’t just denounce his policies, they blast […]
Stricter screening delays visa process for students
When officials discovered one of the hijackers in the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks entered the United States on a student visa, they began introducing a slew of legislation to ensure that no terrorists could enter with a student visa again. But a year after the attacks, many higher education officials fear that while these changes […]