Monday, March 16


UCLA BEAM engineers hands-on mentorship for young students

Alex Baker carefully took three LEGO Mindstorms robots out of a large black bag and set them down on the table one by one. Read more...

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Second-year chemical engineering student Serena Shanbhag (left) and fourth-year mechanical engineering student Alex Baker (right) teach elementary school students at Aspire Firestone Academy in south Los Angeles how to program robots made from LEGOs through UCLA student group BEAM.



Anderson students present innovative business plans in Knapp Venture Competition for prizes, industry insight

Applause echoed throughout the UCLA Anderson School of Management as a large check for $15,000 was handed to the winners of the 31st annual Knapp Venture Competition on Thursday. Read more...

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Greenbotics, a solar panel cleaning company started by UCLA Anderson School of Management students, was awarded $15,000 Thursday as the winners of the 31st annual Anderson Knapp Venture Competition.


Nobel laureate Walter Kohn to deliver lecture series detailing his work at UCLA

From the promise of solar and wind power to the degeneration of human vision capabilities, a series of lectures to be delivered this week by Nobel laureate Walter Kohn will canvas a range of scientific hot topics. Read more...

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Walter Kohn, a Nobel laureate in chemistry, will speak at UCLA this week as part of first annual Green Family Lecture Series.

Courtesy of Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics



Third annual Cranes for Cancer aims to lift patients’ spirits

Students participating in the event made one mobile made up of 1,000 cranes. Student group Bruins Fighting Pediatric Cancer, the organizers of the event, will give the cranes to cancer patients at Mattel's Childrens Hospital UCLA. Read more...

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Divya Gupta, second-year biology student, participates in the third annual Cranes for Cancer event, which is put on by Bruins Fighting Pediatric Cancer.



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