Blake Allmendinger would go up to his room when he was a child and escape to the world of mystery novels every time his parents began to fight. “Literature was the only thing I ever really liked,” Allmendinger said. Allmendinger, who has been an English professor at UCLA for 27 years, teaches a detective fiction […]
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Student delivers frightful performance at Hollywood Horror Nights
Josh Shtein transforms into a butcher knife-wielding cannibal when he creeps on set for his job at Universal Studios Hollywood. The third-year sociology student works as a “scare actor” for Universal Studios’ Halloween Horror Nights, an event featuring special Halloween-themed mazes, shows and scare zones based on television and movie franchises such as American Horror Story […]
UCLA larvicide research lasers in on mosquito control
On the ground floor of UCLA’s Boyer Hall, a huge gray machine shoots invisible X-rays at streams of bacterial crystals, each thinner than the width of a human hair. Five researchers from UCLA have studied the molecular structure of BinAB, a naturally-occurring mosquito toxin, over the past four years, said Duilio Cascio, an associate researcher […]
Photo: Dogs and volunteers treat Mattel Children’s Hospital patients to candy
Therapy dogs dressed in Halloween costumes visited patients at Mattel Children’s Hospital UCLA on Thursday. This event was organized by the UCLA People-Animal Connection, the hospital’s animal-assisted therapy program. From 10:45 a.m. to 11:15 a.m., 10 human and canine volunteer teams went around the hospital delivering treats to the children and taking photos with them. […]
Student animator brings stopped world into motion for new music video
A motionless paper bird sat perched on the edge of a desk. But on the computer screen behind the figure, filmmaker Alexander Romanovsky animated the bird to flap its wings and fly. Second-year Design | Media Arts student Romanovsky is currently working on a music video for Flamingosis’ song, “All Natural.” The video follows a […]
Student draws from personal experience to advocate for Bruins with children
Zehra Abbas spent her second year at UCLA hiding her belly after she found out she was pregnant. “I hid my pregnancy with jackets because I was under the impression that there was something wrong with me,” Abbas said. Abbas’ family worried she wouldn’t be able to manage motherhood and her education at the same […]
Freshman Claire Markey crosses over from team sports to the track
Most Division I athletes around the country have been competing in their respective sports for years. On the UCLA women’s cross-country team, for example, every single competitor has had extensive track experience, and many have a comparable amount in cross-country. Then there’s freshman Claire Markey. On Sept. 24, Markey was in Falcon Heights, Minnesota at […]