Professor John Villasenor strives to answer the questions that have not been asked before. So instead of focusing on a narrow field, he explores new technology and the rapidly changing and associated policy questions that arise . As a professor of electrical engineering and public policy, Villasenor is driven to discover how the engineering technology […]
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Students launch club to gain support for biomedical ethics minor
During its first meeting, a new student club debated whether doctors have the right to conduct clinical trials on cancer patients, giving some patients a new drug and denying it to others. “It’s difficult because … (sometimes) you feel like clinical trials are wrong, but at the same time, they can potentially save millions of lives,” said […]
Army veteran finds community and purpose at UCLA
Michael Stajura joined the U.S. Army to find social stability, an element his life lacked while he was growing up in the foster care system.
UCLA sociology professor leaves legacy as mother, researcher
Suzanne Bianchi, a sociology professor who published several landmark studies on working mothers’ relationships with their children, died on Nov. 4 from pancreatic cancer at her Santa Monica home. She was 61. Bianchi’s friends and family knew the scholar of family sociology as a devoted mother who always found time for her children despite the […]
Brotherhood of Distinguished Arabs on path to becoming official fraternity
Laith Mukdad, who is Arab, found it difficult to find his cultural niche at UCLA when he first came to campus. As a result, the third-year political science student said he wanted to create a student group for Arabs to have a position on campus. Mukdad, along with his friends Husam Shadid and Mukhtar Kaissi, […]
Alum pursues MBA, M.D. after mother’s death
Tony Hung was only seven years old when his mother was diagnosed with breast cancer. He said he didn’t understand what dying meant. “I just knew I wanted to make my mom happy, and that meant finding something that could save her,” said Hung, a recent graduate of the David Geffen School of Medicine and […]
UCLA professor integrates passion for music in research on communication
The sound of a bow pulling across a violin string fills students’ ears in a Royce Hall classroom. Making the sound with no other instruments but his voice, Greg Bryant, a communication studies professor at UCLA, explained to his class how people tend to categorize certain sounds. Bryant currently teaches classes on the connection between […]