Luke Harmon-Vellotti is used to being the youngest person in the room.
The 14-year-old mastered his times tables before he could see over the kitchen counter and was beating his dad in chess by the time he was 9 and a three-time national champion.
Author Archives: Yancey Cashell
Regents consider tuition increase for professional programs
The University of California Board of Regents will meet this week to vote on a proposal to increase the tuition of the University’s four nursing programs and set tuition rates for four new professional programs.
Members of UCLA student group bring medical aid to Philippines
After a 15-hour trip with some turbulence from a passing typhoon, Christi-Lynn del Rosario was overcome with emotion when her plane finally touched ground in the Philippines. Rosario, a third-year molecular, cellular, and developmental biology student, landed in Manila, the capital city of the Philippines. Soon after, she hopped on another plane to a small […]
3 graduating siblings instill Bruin tradition in family
All three of the first-generation college students will graduate with different degrees from UCLA, realizing their father’s dream for his children.
Review underway for UCLA Student Conduct Code
The Dean of Students Office is currently reviewing the Student Code of Conduct, as part of a routine update that considers feedback from students and faculty.
UCLA’s Interaxon hosts high school students
Eleventh grade student Nasima Khan presented a year’s worth of research on cerebral palsy to students at UCLA Thursday, before touring the campus she hopes will someday be her own. Khan and about 60 of her high school peers, who attend Hawthorne Math and Sciences Academy presented to UCLA students about a range of topics […]
USAC to discuss proposal seeking engagement in fund allocation
The undergraduate student government will discuss permanently adding all of the general representatives of the council to the historically independent finance committee at its meeting tonight. Tamir Sholklapper, the Student Wellness commissioner for the 2011-2012 Undergraduate Students Association Council, drafted the proposal to make USAC more engaged in the allocation of contingency funds. Sholklapper said […]