Tuesday, May 26


UCLA student's previous poker experience gives high odds for success in future career

To avoid boredom in environmental science class in high school, Brian Yoon would write poker quizzes for his best friend. Read more...

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Brian Yoon, a fourth-year economics student, is a professional poker player. Since he began participating in poker tournaments, Yoon has won more than $200,000. After graduation, he will move to Canada to continue his professional poker career.




Robot developed by UCLA graduate students is at cutting edge of surgical mentorship

Aspiring surgeons may one day receive training over the Internet as a result of new technology recently developed by two UCLA graduate student researchers. Read more...

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Stephen Prince, a doctoral candidate in mechanical engineering, demonstrates how to use the LapaRobot. Prince and fellow researcher Christopher Lim created the technology, which trains new surgeon students for the Fundamentals of Laparoscopic Surgery test.

Courtesy of Stephen Prince