As a child growing up in New Mexico, Dakota Klasky did not think she could be anything other than a scientist. Klasky, a third-year mathematics and economics student, moved to Los Alamos, New Mexico when she was 8 years old with her mother and father, who are both physicists in the Los Alamos National Laboratory. Read more...
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The Los Alamos National Laboratory, based in the desert of northern New Mexico, has reported multiple instances of environmental and safety hazards related to its experimentation with plutonium in its 75-year history. Read more...
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The University of California unanimously supported a bid in January that, if granted, will allow the UC to regain full management control of the Los Alamos National Laboratory. Read more...
The current contract for the Los Alamos National Laboratory expires in September 2018, and the UC, which has been involved in the management of the lab since its inception in varying capacities, submitted a bid last year to manage the lab. Read more...
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UCLA researchers are developing a pill to relieve hangovers. Yunfeng Lu, a chemical and biomolecular engineering professor at UCLA, and Cheng Ji, an associate professor at the University of Southern California, created a pill that decreased blood alcohol by 45 percent in inebriated mice within four hours. Read more...
A new policy will create a uniform procedure for adjudicating student group violations of University policy. UCLA Dean of Students Maria Blandizzi announced a new Student Group Conduct Code on May 22, which will create guidelines for student group operations and a board to evaluate reports against student groups. Read more...
Photo: A new Student Group Conduct Code will create uniform disciplinary guidelines for all student groups. (Daily Bruin file photo)
UCLA staff and faculty remember Sean Wang for his commitment to UCLA athletics, school spirit and passion for politics and math. Wang, a UCLA alumnus, died on May 23. Read more...
Photo: Alumnus Sean Wang was regarded by many as the most spirited Bruin they knew. He attended nearly all UCLA sporting events and was involved with campus politics. (Courtesy of Mark Handcock)
