It wasn’t pretty. It wasn’t impressive. It wasn’t near good enough for what UCLA will need later in the schedule. But it was over. And it was a win. For the second consecutive game UCLA overcame an ugly first half, grinding out a 77-66 victory over UC Riverside. Senior guard Norman Powell and junior forward/center […]
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UCLA researchers develop treatment for immune system disorder
Her 2-year-old son lay on the hospital bed with an IV in his arm. Wearing gloves and a mask, Jessica Ainslie gently patted his head as they waited for UCLA researchers to arrive with a potential cure for his disease – a syringe filled with his own genetically modified bone marrow. Jessica Ainslie’s son Colton […]
UCLA men’s water polo aims to break dry spell in NCAA championships
The last time UCLA men’s water polo team went to San Diego, it was untested, with a number of players who had never played a game of collegiate water polo. Four games later, the team had kicked off its season in a commanding fashion, outscoring its opponents 82-11. On Saturday, UCLA men’s water polo will […]
Passion for dance motivates UCLA students to form Happy Feet
It started in Ackerman Student Union, in the textbook buyback center. Last fall, fourth-year world arts and cultures/dance student Kevin Belisario met his coworker, fourth-year sociology student Mike Wamungu, at their job at the student union. One day at work, after hearing Wamungu could dance, Belisario invited him to come to a dance studio on […]
Bruins reverse fortune, grind out first win of season
The last time UCLA women’s basketball played the University of Cincinnati was a November day in 1988. Tuesday night, the Bruins were able to leave Pauley Pavilion with not only their first win over Cincinnati in 26 years, but their first win of the season. The Bruins (1-4) defeated the Bearcats (1-5) 66-58, marking the […]
Authors’ Series Lecture to focus on Black Panther memoir
A UCLA research and academic center will host a talk Tuesday about a book detailing the experiences of a member of the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense in Los Angeles during the 1970s. Anyone can attend the free event hosted by the Ralph J. Bunche Center for African American Studies on the book titled “Nine […]
Napolitano holds meetings on streamlining transfer process
University of California President Janet Napolitano met with community college leaders in Northern California last week to plan ways to make it easier for transfer students to apply to and get more information about the University, the UC said in a press release Wednesday. Though the UC and its campuses send admission representatives and information […]