Three rare instruments were reported stolen from a display case in the UCLA Department of Ethnomusicology over winter break. The instruments, a Saraswati vina from South India, a kora from West Africa and a prima balalaika from Russia, were reported stolen Dec. Read more...
Photo: A prima balalaika from Russia was among three instruments reported missing from the UCLA Department of Ethnomusicology during winter break. (UCLA Department of Ethnomusicology)
One device, a digital speaker assistant, listens to the sounds in a home all day, collecting information for Amazon to personalize each marketing experience. Other gadgets are worn on the body and track fitness or surf the Web while storing personal data. Read more...
Photo: MBA student Jacob Bluhm finishes a demonstration of the Oculus Rift virtual reality headset at this year’s CES at Anderson event. (Daniel Alcazar/Daily Bruin)
John Goodlad, an influential professor, researcher and former dean of UCLA’s Graduate School of Education and Information Studies, died of cancer on Nov. 29 in Seattle. Read more...
Photo: John Goodlad, a former dean of the UCLA’s Graduate School of Education and Information Studies, died of cancer in Seattle on Nov. 29. (Courtesy of Paula McMannon)
Leland L. Nichols, a UCLA alumnus, former journalist and gay rights activist who acted as a mentor to many, died Dec. 14 in San Pablo from congestive heart failur. Read more...
Photo: Leland L. Nichols, a UCLA alumnus, former journalist and gay rights activist, died Dec. 14 from congestive heart failure. (Courtesy of Laurie Hensley)
UCLA alumnus Mukund Padmanabhan recently donated $2.5 million to fund a laboratory in his name in the new Engineering VI building. The laboratory will focus on semiconductor systems, according to a UCLA press release. Read more...
Photo: UCLA alumnus Mukund Padmanabhan recently donated $2.5 million to fund a laboratory in his name in the new Engineering VI building. (Courtesy of UCLA Newsroom)
The UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science was ranked first in the country in the third annual U.S. News and World Report online graduate engineering program rankings released Wednesday. Read more...
UCLA will add Havana, Cuba to the list of destinations students can visit starting in summer 2015. UCLA is the second University of California campus to offer a study abroad program in Cuba after UC Davis. Read more...
Photo: Students can study abroad in Cuba because of eased relations between the U.S. and the island nation. (Courtesy of Devin Murphy)
