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Feb 22, 2012
New dual-control robot helps guide hands of novice surgeons
A UCLA team of doctors and engineers has developed a new robot to help provide hands-on instruction to novice surgeons in minimally invasive surgical techniques — even if teacher and student are miles apart.In one of the first tests with the...Feb 21, 2012
Lab School diversity shaped his worldview, says Councilmember Eric Garcetti
Los Angeles City Councilmember Eric Garcetti experienced a homecoming of sorts on Feb. 16 while speaking at the UCLA Lab School,where he attended elementary school. Hosted by the UCLA Latin American Institute and the UCLA César E. Chávez...Feb 21, 2012
NFL team is on its way to L.A., panel predicts
A panel of experts looked at the question of whether an NFL team will once again play in Los Angeles. Moderated by KNBC's Conan Nolan (from the left), the panel included Troy Aikman, former Dallas Cowboy and UCLA quarterback; Los Angeles Times...Feb 17, 2012
Court of Sciences Student Center to open Tuesday
UCLA’s newest student center, and ASUCLA’s biggest project in 27 years, opens in the Court of Sciences on Tuesday. A new coffee counter, food-truck-inspired cafe and the Bombshelter Bistro are among the new options.Feb 17, 2012
Dorm, sweet dorm
The new Gardenia Way Residence Hall On Presidents Day weekend, nearly a thousand students who have been living in Dykstra Hall, one of UCLA's oldest residence halls, will go on the move. They will pack up their textbooks, laptops and Bruin...Feb 17, 2012
School of Public Health celebrates new name, history-making gift
With glasses of champagne and bubbly apple cider, about 200 faculty, staff and students at UCLA's Fielding School of Public Health on Thursday toasted their new benefactors, Dr. Jonathan and Karin Fielding, whose $50 million gift is the largest in...Feb 16, 2012
Verbatim — cancer cells, throat surgery and smoking's effect on the brain
UCLA faculty members are quoted every day in the national media on a wide range of topical subjects. Here is a recent selection."If we can uncover the mechanism driving this transformation, we may be able to stop it and make the therapy even more...Feb 16, 2012
Lights go out on the Hill during energy competition
It’s dorm against dorm on the Hill this month as UCLA students compete to see which residence hall can cut its electricity use the most. No sacrifice is too small.Feb 16, 2012
Public health prof, wife give school its largest gift of $50M
The UCLA School of Public Health has received an extraordinary gift from faculty member and public health leader Dr. Jonathan Fielding and his wife, Karin Fielding. The gift, valued at $50 million, is the largest in the school's 50-year...Feb 15, 2012
10 questions: Rakesh Sarin on money and happiness
If only you had gobs of money —a cool car, big house, non-stop vacation — you’d definitely be happy, right? Don’t be so sure, says Professor Rakesh Sarin, Paine Chair in Management at UCLA’s Anderson School of...
