Steven Spielberg, in his 2002 movie “The Minority Report,” played out the hypothetical in which an organization can predict crimes before they happen. The Los Angeles Police Department is about 10 years late to the game, and it looks like it’s taking the department more than 145 minutes to see why trying to predict crime […]
Author Archives: Tabatha Lewis-Simó
UCLA alumnus steers company toward affordable electric vehicles and car-sharing
A UCLA alumnus said at an event Monday that his company plans to provide an affordable, well-designed and partially automated electric vehicle. Freeman Shen, the CEO of Weltmeister Motor, spoke at UCLA’s Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science’s Ronald and Valerie Sugar Distinguished Speaker Series. Shen answered questions from Dean Jayathi Murthy and […]
Tabatha Lewis: Student missions do more to boost resumes than public health
This post was updated on May 18 at 5:20 p.m. You probably follow one or two people on Instagram who have posted pictures of themselves dressed in scrubs and holding a child from a different country. Maybe they posted a caption about what a rewarding experience it was to work with underprivileged children and how […]
UCLA student organization seeks to educate students on cybersecurity
A student organization is using an online game to teach students about cybersecurity. NetSec, a branch of UCLA’s Association of Computer Machinery, along with teams at UC Irvine and California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo held the club’s most recent capture the flag event Saturday. Teams of four competed online against one another to […]
Tabatha Lewis: Limiting commencement speakers to alumni shortchanges students
After four or five long years of pulling all-nighters, waking up for 8 a.m. classes and telling yourself you’ll attend office hours, you’re finally ready to enter the next phase in your life and actualize your dreams, using what you learned in college. At your commencement ceremony, a former student speaks to you about all […]
Study links use of benzodiazepine drugs to greater opioid prescription
UCLA researchers found that patients who are at a heightened risk of opioid addiction and overdose are prescribed the drugs at a higher rate than other patients. Patients who take benzodiazepines, which are used to treat anxiety, are four times more likely to become addicted to or overdose on opioids, according to a study published […]
UCLA Chem-E-Car designs shoebox-sized cars for regional competition
A group of students hope their shoebox-sized car strapped with two Gatorade bottles inches its way to victory at a competition in two weeks. Chem-E-Car is an organization under the American Institute of Chemical Engineers in which students build shoebox-sized cars powered and stopped by chemical reactions. This year, the students have built two new […]