In 2009, a newly hired UCLA employee obtained a $100,000 NASA research contract for a project at his private firm.
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Awareness week presents a look at Afghanistan outside of the media
Poster board tombstones with facts about social and political conditions in Afghanistan lay on the grass in front of Janss Steps on Monday as part of the “Field of Forgotten Facts.”
UCLA Department of Mathematics teams up with LAPD to combat gang crime
The Los Angeles Police Department and the UCLA Department of Mathematics have teamed up to use quantitative analysis and computer programming to help solve ongoing criminal investigations.
Computer science student Song Zheng shares self-taught skills in programming
Zheng, a fifth-year computer science student, only started programming two years ago. But he is now at the front of his own student-run course offered by the Association for Computing Machinery at UCLA.
UCLA Engineers Without Borders returns to Nicaragua to continue four-year project
UCLA’s chapter of Engineers Without Borders has been active since 2005. Engineers Without Borders is a international non-profit organization with chapters in several countries.
UCLA Faculty Center to stay, conference center to be built over Lot 6
The UCLA Faculty Center is no longer in line for demolition. UCLA has shifted plans for a new seven-story conference and guest center, partially financed by the $100 million donation by alumni Meyer and Renee Luskin, to the site currently occupied by Parking Structure 6.
Traditions at a crossroads
A carved jack-o’-lantern perched outside her house, while sugar skulls adorned an altar on the other side of the door.