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May 20, 12:27 am

Student aims high with medical marijuana delivery business

Medical marijuana was the only drug that improved Christian Kramme’s stomach pain after spending two years in and out of hospitals. Kramme, a second-year microbiology, immunology and molecular genetics student, believed he had pancreatic cancer when he began experiencing severe stomach pain and a lack of appetite in 2012. Read more...

Photo: Christian Kramme, a second-year microbiology, immunology and molecular genetics student, began a medical marijuana delivery service in December. (Pinkie Su/Daily Bruin)

Campus, News, Science & Health

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May 19, 12:38 am

UCLA’s X1 Robotics seeks to engage students in hands-on projects

The second floor of Boelter Hall is often heard before it’s seen. Filled with sounds of metal striking metal, the open workspace is cluttered with wires, rods and circuit boards, serving as the home base for multiple engineering and computer science groups – and now, X1 Robotics. Read more...

Photo: Prescott Rynewicz, a third-year aerospace engineering student, is part of X1 Robotics, a student-run robotics club that aims to engage engineering students in projects. (Ken Shin/Daily Bruin)

Campus, Crime, News, Science & Health

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May 16, 6:16 pm

Police find no threat in suspicious package outside school of medicine

Police determined the suspicious package reported at the David Geffen School of Medicine on Monday afternoon was not a threat. UCPD Lieutenant Richard Davis said someone reported a grocery bag outside the Jules Stein Eye Institute on campus about 4 p.m. Read more...

Photo: Police closed a portion of Westwood Plaza Monday as LAPD’s bomb squad investigated a suspicious package on campus. (Jintak Han/Daily Bruin)

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May 16, 5:01 pm

Police close part of Westwood Plaza to investigate suspicious package

Police are investigating a suspicious package reported at the David Geffen School of Medicine on Monday afternoon. UCPD Lieutenant Richard Davis said someone reported a grocery bag outside the Jules Stein Eye Institute on campus about 4 p.m. Read more...

Photo: Police responded to a suspicious package reported at the Jules Stein Eye Institute Monday afternoon. (Kira VandenBrande/Daily Bruin)

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May 2, 3:31 am

Engineering school creates endowed chair named for former dean

The Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science created the Vijay K. Dhir Chair in Engineering on Friday after receiving donations totaling $1 million. The position, named after the school’s former dean, was created with donations from about 100 alumni, faculty members and other supporters, who worked with Dhir during the 14 years he served as dean. Read more...

Photo: The Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science created the Vijay K. Dhir Chair in Engineering named after the former dean on Friday after receiving donations totaling $1 million. (Daily Bruin file photo)

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April 29, 1:18 am

UCLA team of scientists explores Mojave Desert for meteorites

The Mojave Desert’s dusty red plains constitute a vast landscape of sand, creosote bush and cinder-cone mountains – sparse, uninhabited and dry. But on certain days, a team of UCLA geologists, cosmochemists and planetary scientists scours acres of the desert landscape for meteorites, chunks of rock that have fallen from space. Read more...

Photo: Illustration (Taylor Leong/Daily Bruin) Photo (Kevin McKeegan/Daily Bruin)


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