Back to her roots: UCLA graduate student receives award for research in Kenya

The familiar smell of damp air, drizzled rain and diesel greeted her as she stepped off the plane in Nairobi, Kenya. It had been more than three decades since she last stood on the soils of Kenya, but Cathy Oloo still feels the same connection to the country that she developed as a child, when […]

Professor traveled world as soldier, scholar

A collection of black and white photographs lie scattered on a table in front of David Shapiro in his UCLA psychophysiology lab. He picks up a picture, yellowing with age, of a young man grinning broadly and wearing a crisply pressed military uniform. It is a snapshot of himself stationed in France about 70 years […]

In the shadows: On the Fringes

In the Malawian LGBT community’s fight for health care and human rights, some populations are left out. Explore the last chapter of a three-day series about LGBT men and women in Malawi, a country that outlaws homosexuality and in which UCLA has a strong research presence. The journalists traveled to Malawi as this year’s Bridget O’Brien Scholarship recipients.

UCLA football’s loss to Stanford riddled with injuries

STANFORD, Calif.—Following UCLA’s victory over Cal, offensive coordinator Noel Mazzone put his offensive line in monetary terms. Referring to a disconcerted effort in which UCLA’s five offensive linemen played like “five pennies,” as opposed to one efficient nickel, Mazzone knew his offense was already reeling from the loss of redshirt sophomore left tackle Torian White, who suffered a broken ankle against Utah.