Judea Pearl’s fourth-grade teacher and classmates insisted he was wrong. They were convinced the area of a kilometer-length square was a thousand square meters, not a million like Pearl said. Read more...
Photo: Judea Pearl, an emeritus professor of computer science at UCLA and pioneer in the field of artificial intelligence, checks his email on a 20-year-old Wyse terminal. (Joe Akira/Daily Bruin)
UCLA researchers may have discovered the cause of a huge, bow-shaped wave on Venus that has puzzled planetary scientists for years. Their computer simulations of the Venusian atmosphere showed that wind blowing across mountains creates oscillations of the air, called mountain waves, that launch high into the clouds. Read more...
Photo: (Nicole Anisgard Parra/Illustrations director)
UCLA will install speakers on campus next year to make announcements during emergencies. The UCLA Office of Emergency Management will implement a new speaker system along poles and buildings on Bruin Walk in 2019 in order to issue immediate emergency alerts about situations, such as fires or active shooters, said OEM director Art Kirkland, in a June interview. Read more...
Photo: The UCLA Office of Emergency Management plans to install speakers throughout campus in 2019 to issue immediate alerts in emergency situations, such as fires or active shooters. (MacKenzie Coffman/Assistant Photo editor)
The University of California will continue to manage the Los Alamos National Laboratory alongside two new partners. The U.S. Department of Energy awarded a decade-long, $25 billion contract to the new Triad National Security LLC, formed by the UC, Texas A&M University and Battelle Memorial Institute in June. Read more...
The Supreme Court decreased labor unions’ power by ruling against nonmember fees Wednesday morning. In a 5-4 decision along party lines, the conservative-leaning court decided that unions can no longer charge fair share fees to those who choose not to join. Read more...
Photo: AFSCME Local 3299, the UC’s largest labor union, held protests on campus over the case earlier this year. (Jenna Nicole Smith/Daily Bruin)
Food security programs at UCLA taught students how to cook and expanded student efforts to fight food insecurity on campus following a funding allocation from the University of California. Read more...
A new University of California advisory board is addressing shortcomings relating to sexual violence across UC campuses. The Title IX Student Advisory Board, which was created in January, consists of one undergraduate and one graduate representative from each UC campus, except UC San Francisco, which has one graduate representative. Read more...
Photo: The UCLA Title IX Office, which is located in Murphy Hall, said it is in the process of hiring additional staff to handle the increased workload and reports from this year. (Daily Bruin file photo)
