Four years ago, Mark Riccobono strapped himself into a specialized vehicle and drove alone for the first time at the Daytona International Speedway in Florida. “Personally, the most empowering (moment) was the first time I got to drive the car independently,” said Riccobono, who started going blind when he was 5 years old. “Up until […]
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Graduation Issue 2015
Graduation issue is the final issue of the school year. This year’s theme is “The View from Here”.
Student battled cancer, other obstacles in journey for higher education
Sahar Ghorany started community college at a fifth-grade English reading level. At the time, she was a part-time student, a full-time mom and a soon-to-be cancer patient. Then, a cancer survivor. After five years at Irvine Valley College, Ghorany, a third-year psychology student, is finishing up her first year at UCLA on a full scholarship […]
UCLA softball walks away from Women’s College World Series
There was nothing else for Ally Carda to do but walk out of the circle. The senior pitcher had just thrown the last pitch of her collegiate career for UCLA softball. The result of the pitch − a walk-off walk to finish the game and the team’s run in the Women’s College World Series. In […]
Team captain Molly Tracy shows leadership in four years of club lacrosse
It happened a handful of months after Molly Tracy broke a four-year hiatus from gripping a lacrosse stick. UCLA was on the offensive against Oregon at the 2012 Santa Barbara Shootout tournament. The midfielder missed the pass from a teammate and let the ball slip by her – but just this once. As the ball […]
Architect to speak at TEDxUCLA about smartphone impact on urban design
Architect Roger Sherman founded cityLAB, a research and design center at UCLA, with his colleague Dana Cuff after realizing a need for an outlet for UCLA architecture students and faculty to solve contemporary urban problems. Sherman, an architecture and urban design adjunct professor and co-director of cityLAB, and his colleagues use the think tank to […]
Graduate student integrates music, neuroscience in research
After working an eight-hour day at the Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, Don Vaughn changed out of his lab coat and drove to Los Angeles International Airport last week to catch his flight to New York, where he performed the next day. Vaughn, a graduate student in neuroscience and part-time drummer and DJ, […]