Delving into the mind of a psychopath and contemplating the evolution of the human psyche are both items on the syllabus for a new Fiat Lux seminar available this fall. Read more...
Photo: Professor Joseph Manson will teach a new Fiat Lux seminar on how psychological traits can be explained through evolution.
The original version of this article contained an error and has been changed. See the bottom of the article for additional information. David Shorter realized more research needed to be done on hallucinogenic plants when he befriended the Yoeme tribe in Mexico in the early 1990s. Read more...
After years of planning and months of construction, the much anticipated Wolfgang Puck Express opened its frosted glass doors in Ackerman Union last week. The casual dining restaurant, which is one of the first to serve alcohol on campus, officially opened on the first floor of Ackerman Union Sept. Read more...
Photo: Wolfgang Puck Express opened on the first floor of Ackerman Union on Sept. 18 after almost a year of construction.
Healthy eating for Eve Lahijani means having a cookie every now and then. Lahijani, a nutrition health educator at the Bruin Resource Center is one of two people who teach the fiat lux, “Cosmo Says You’re Fat? Read more...
Photo: Health educator Eve Lahijani will teach a Fiat Lux about body image and eating disorders this fall.
Lost purses, a dozen poisoned dead fish and every so often, a deadly weapon are stored in Laura Rippstein’s office. Rippstein works in the university police’s property department, a strictly secured room on the bottom floor of the police department’s building on Westwood Plaza. Read more...
Photo: Laura Rippstein serves as a gatekeeper for the UCPD’s property department, where all evidence from police investigations and lost items from around campus are securely stored. The department houses more than 3,000 items, Rippstein said.
After a year of training at a military academy in Mexico, Francisco Reinosa decided to leave behind his country, the military and his mother to pursue a degree in psychology in the U.S. Read more...
Photo: UCLA student Francisco Reinosa left behind his family, the military and his country to pursue a college education at UCLA.
The Phi Kappa Psi house reopened this month in the midst of the fraternity’s four-year suspension. The house, which has been almost completely reconstructed, will be the first of its kind at UCLA to be built following environmentally friendly policies. Read more...
Photo: The Phi Kappa Psi house, which reopened this month, is leasing rooms to UCLA students. Leases begin on Sept. 29.
