Wednesday, May 20





Bernard Nefkens, UCLA physics professor, remembered as innovative, inspirational

Bernard M. K. Nefkens, a world-renowned experimental elementary particle physicist who worked in the UCLA Physics and Astronomy Department for nearly 50 years, died Jan. 10 after being diagnosed with a form of dementia. Read more...

Photo: Bernard Nefken’s students said their UCLA physics professor was innovative in his teaching and let them carry out their own experiments in his class.


Mother thanks donors from UCLA Blood and Platelet Center who saved her life

Jennifer Calderon was so relieved to hear her baby Henry’s cries in the delivery room that she didn’t notice the medical staff jumping into action. Calderon’s body would not stop bleeding after her cesarean section, an additional complication to what was already a difficult pregnancy. Read more...

Photo: Jennifer Calderon, with her son Henry, meets her blood donors who saved her life after she underwent a blood transfusion following a caesarean section nearly 10 months ago.