UCLA was ranked the 23rd-best university in the country again in the widely regarded 2015 U.S. News and World Report college rankings released Monday. The university was ranked two slots above USC, its crosstown rival. Read more...
Photo: UCLA was ranked the 23rd-best university in the country in the widely regarded 2015 U.S. News & World Report college rankings released Monday. (Daily Bruin file photo)
The still-frame photos of the speakers from the 1960s and 1970s remain fixed on the screen, but in the background, their grainy yet commanding voices demand equality, demean politicians and prompt audiences of UCLA students to laugh and cry. Read more...
Photo: Derek Bolin, a UCLA alumnus, has worked over the past year to preserve hundreds of recordings of speeches given at UCLA in the 1960s and 1970s. (Felicia Ramirez/Daily Bruin senior staff)
A new website launched by UCLA graduate students aims to help high schoolers navigate the college application process by sifting through university options and presenting students with the best matches for them. Read more...
Photo: UCLA political science and statistics graduate student Dan Lim and political science graduate student Steve Palley recently launched a website to make the college admissions process easier for high schoolers. (Courtesy of Steve Palley)
For the first time since Bruin Bash started 11 years ago, members of Greek life will not receive priority passes to the concert, and no tickets will be distributed to students on a first-come, first-serve basis. Read more...
Dr. Joseph K. Perloff, a renowned cardiologist who brought international recognition to UCLA‘s cardiology program, died Aug. 17 in his home in Los Angeles from complications due to coronary artery disease. Read more...
Photo: Dr. Joseph K. Perloff, a renowned cardiologist, died Aug. 17 in his home in Los Angeles from complications due to coronary artery disease. He was 89. (Courtesy of Marjorie Perloff)
George W. Hilton had a passion for trains and economics. The only things he loved more were his friends and family, the White Sox and a good bottle of beer. Read more...
Photo: George W. Hilton, a professor of economics and transportation regulation at UCLA for 30 years, died on Aug. 4 of a heart ailment. He was 89. (Courtesy of John Teichmoeller)
Geoffrey Mess, a UCLA mathematics professor who was known for his insight and exuberant curiosity, died on Aug. 8 at the age of 54. Mess was recognized for his driven personality even at a young age and known as one of the top researchers in the field of topology, a subgroup in mathematics that studies geometric properties and spatial relations. Read more...
Photo: Geoffrey Mess, a UCLA mathematics professor who was known for his curiosity, died on Aug. 8 at the age of 54. (Courtesy of Anna Ramos)
