John Goodlad, an influential professor, researcher and former dean of UCLA’s Graduate School of Education and Information Studies, died of cancer on Nov. 29 in Seattle. Read more...
Photo: John Goodlad, a former dean of the UCLA’s Graduate School of Education and Information Studies, died of cancer in Seattle on Nov. 29. (Courtesy of Paula McMannon)
Leland L. Nichols, a UCLA alumnus, former journalist and gay rights activist who acted as a mentor to many, died Dec. 14 in San Pablo from congestive heart failur. Read more...
Photo: Leland L. Nichols, a UCLA alumnus, former journalist and gay rights activist, died Dec. 14 from congestive heart failure. (Courtesy of Laurie Hensley)
UCLA alumnus Mukund Padmanabhan recently donated $2.5 million to fund a laboratory in his name in the new Engineering VI building. The laboratory will focus on semiconductor systems, according to a UCLA press release. Read more...
Photo: UCLA alumnus Mukund Padmanabhan recently donated $2.5 million to fund a laboratory in his name in the new Engineering VI building. (Courtesy of UCLA Newsroom)
The UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science was ranked first in the country in the third annual U.S. News and World Report online graduate engineering program rankings released Wednesday. Read more...
UCLA will add Havana, Cuba to the list of destinations students can visit starting in summer 2015. UCLA is the second University of California campus to offer a study abroad program in Cuba after UC Davis. Read more...
Photo: Students can study abroad in Cuba because of eased relations between the U.S. and the island nation. (Courtesy of Devin Murphy)
A massive sicklefin lemon shark suddenly interrupted fourth-year marine biology student Emily Ferrari’s scuba dive, leaving her watching, amazed, as the rare creature swam off into the tropical waters of the South Pacific. Read more...
Photo: Fourth-year marine biology student Emily Ferrari, fourth-year marine biology student Binal Patel and fourth-year ecology, behavior and evolution student Aislinn Dunne helped found the SCUBA Club at UCLA, which helps unite students who enjoy scuba diving. (Austin Yu/Daily Bruin senior staff)
The Undergraduate Students Association Council is the official student government representing the undergraduate student body at UCLA. Council meetings take place every week on Tuesdays at 7 p.m. Read more...
