Saturday, June 27

The one who never left

YAOUNDÉ, Cameroon ­­"”mdash; Tedd Ray Bitsegui Ambassa is sitting comfortably in an oversized leather chair in a hotel room with two reporters, carefully narrating the story of his life. Read more...

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Tedd Ray Bitsegui Ambassa, of Yaoundé, Cameroon, has been playing basketball for more than a decade. Although Bitsegui had yearlong bouts playing in Bosnia and Morocco and spent four years on the Cameroon national team, his aspirations to play professionally never became reality. He now co-coaches a junior team.



Construction tough to navigate

Zenani Doyle sat at the front of her West African history class, hoping that the cute boy next to her would notice her. Read more...

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Construction has made it hard for many disabled students, such as fourth-year history student Zenani Doyle, to get around the Hill.


UCLA-trained doctor works in Balad, Iraq

On an average day at the Air Force Theater Hospital in Balad, Iraq, work in the emergency room is relatively slow.
That is, until a mass casualty situation brings 15 critically injured patients to the emergency room at one time, leaving a team of four physicians to handle the chaos. Read more...


School gets millions for nanotechnology building

By spring 2014, engineering students and researchers will have a new home to study advanced energy conservation technologies for microelectronics and nanotechnology at UCLA. Read more...

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Graphic of the planned Western Institute of Nanotechnology on Green Engineering and Metrology at UCLA.

Credit: STENFORS ASSOCIATES ARCHITECTS