Once a week between classes, Jacob Drewisch walks around campus and catalogues trees. Read more...
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Students Jacob Drewisch, Jen So and Dana Trans are working on a project through the Education for Sustainable Living Program to make UCLA more environmentally friendly.
Hoping to make financial decisions by the University of California more accessible to students, UCLA student leaders have worked to give students representation on an advisory committee. Read more...
UCLA physics and astronomy professors fondly recollect the space shuttle Challenger's first landing from orbit "“ the crowds of half a million, the thundering noises and the desert heat. In the coming years, no such memories will be made. Read more...
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Mike Rich (left), a UCLA research astronomer, and Matt Malkan, a UCLA physics and astronomy professor, rely on information from the NASA space shuttle program, which will end in June with Atlantis’ final flight. The program completed more than 100 missions and placed the Hubble Space Telescope above Earth.
Growing up in Nigeria, Chioma Udeagbala wanted to be a doctor like her father. Read more...
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Law student Chioma Udeagbala will speak at the UCLA School of Law commencement ceremony on Friday.
Despite immense scientific evidence to the contrary, celebrity endorsement and a lack of scientific education have made Americans much more susceptible to the argument that vaccines can cause autism. Read more...
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(Left to right) Students Lincoln Pitcher, Ellen Watkins and Myer Rickless (far right) won Ruth Simon’s (third from left) award for undergraduate research.
The professor of chemistry works closely with graduate students in her research lab and via a pre-professional training program she helped to develop on campus. Read more...
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Chemistry Professor Robin Garrell (left) poses with a group of graduate students. Garrell will become the new dean of the graduate division on July 1.
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Democrats reintroduced the DREAM Act into the Senate Wednesday, which two UCLA professors said is unlikely to pass through Congress. Read more...
