Eight years ago, computer scientist, software engineer and UCLA adjunct professor Carey Nachenberg began his longest project yet. Today, he has some advice he said he wishes he’d known from the start. “Take it one word at a time,” Nachenberg said. “Write a paragraph, write a sentence, write a word. You run a marathon one […]
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Student DJ Tambat looks to energize crowd at Dance Marathon
In three years, DJ Tambat has taken a momentous leap from quietly mixing songs in his bedroom to the lively setting of Pauley Pavilion. Back in community college, fourth-year mechanical engineering student Shan Tambat studied the basics of song mixing in his free time, never imagining that his efforts would lead to the largest performance […]
Design | Media Arts alum experiments with video game, player relationship
In Super Tap-Out Saga, players end up fighting each other over control of the device. This is an example of the experimental games designed by Design | Media Arts alumnus and UCLA Game Lab researcher Nick Crockett, who will be giving a talk about his work for Unity Club in the Game Lab at Broad […]
Album Review: ‘Cherry Bomb’
“Cherry Bomb” Tyler, The Creator Odd Future LLC 3.5 out of 5 Paws Tyler, The Creator doesn’t like to follow the rules. At least, he says as much in the bridge of “Deathcamp,” the N.E.R.D.-inspired opener to his fourth full-length album, “Cherry Bomb.” Tyler raps, “I don’t like to follow the rules/ and that’s just […]
UCLA scholar-in-residence uses literary background to understand music
For UCLA Department of Music scholar-in-residence Su Yin Mak, music is more than just sound – music is a language. Mak has dedicated her academic and professional career to interpreting the stories that a piece of music can tell. At UCLA, Mak assisted Robert Winter, a distinguished music professor, in his graduate-level music class. She […]
UCLA scholar-in-residence uses literary background to understand music
For UCLA Department of Music scholar-in-residence Su Yin Mak, music is more than just sound – music is a language. Mak has dedicated her academic and professional career to interpreting the stories that a piece of music can tell. At UCLA, Mak assisted Robert Winter, a distinguished music professor, in his graduate-level music class. She […]
Theater Review: ‘Hattie…What I Need You to Know’
The actress belts out her verses with blues music playing in the background, reverberating in Schoenberg Theater with each low thunderous note. The performer sings of the horrors and ironies that infiltrated the movie industry in the early 20th century. She felt it was her duty to stick to her black heritage rather than changing […]