Flashing lights and high-pitched sirens went off as dozens of students erupted into cheers. The rocket’s landing device had made it home and their months of hard work paid off. The eight-and-a-half foot tall rocket was built by members of the American Indian Science and Engineering Society Rocket Project, a UCLA student-run program that launched […]
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Westwood Thai restaurant the result of family’s journey
John Sungkamee struggled to adapt to his new surroundings when he first arrived in the U.S. from southern Thailand more than 20 years ago. It was his start working in restaurants that taught him how to interact with customers and gave him insight into how the business operated, he said. Now, Sungkamee is the owner […]
UCLA brings World Voice Day to campus
A one-on-one singing lesson takes place on Bruin Walk, but instead of a piano or a conductor’s baton, artificial larynges and high-resolution images of vocal cords lay close at hand. Rather than being a demonstration on the anatomy of the human throat, this unconventional vocal clinic celebrates and teaches something almost everybody has in common: […]
UC’s Lick Observatory might soon shut down operations
Drive about 20 miles east of San Jose, Calif., wind through the isolated foothills until you reach the University of California’s Lick Observatory on Mt. Hamilton. The once bustling mountain center is now noticeably empty, with only a handful of scientists and administrators scattered across the property. The community on the mountain has shrunk as […]
LA Hacks gathers about 1,300 participants at UCLA for hackathon
Aspiring web producers and app developers exclaimed as they held their smartphones up to capture the impressive scene of having more than a thousand hackers gathered in one space to spend the next 36 hours innovating and developing new ideas together. About 1,300 people from across the country convened at Pauley Pavilion last weekend for […]
Culture night performances showcase Korean society, art
The vibratos of the strings sang the melancholy tune of “Arirang,” a Korean folksong that mourns a long-gone companion. More than 1,800 people filled Royce Hall Thursday night for this year’s Korean Culture Night, which opened the show with the words “People of North Korea live, laugh and struggle, just like me and you.” The […]
Mericien Venzon figures out a balance on and off the ice
On a rainy Westwood day in December 2011, Mericien Venzon found herself in the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center with her mother by her side. The fifth-year biology student remembered almost nothing of the hour before – when she was behind the wheel of her car, at the intersection of Le Conte and Gayley avenues. […]