Several students with an undergraduate science or engineering degree are finding they can apply their expertise to areas that are traditionally non-scientific. Instead of attending a science-based graduate school, such as pharmacy school, some students are attending law and business schools to either apply their scientific knowledge in a new way or explore a different field of study, many education officials say. Read more...

This generation of college graduates will be stepping out not only into the “real world,” but into a global community that is more closely connected than ever before ““ especially when it comes to food, germs and genes. Read more...

Combination therapy effective for cancer When paired with chemotherapy, Avastin, a drug that cuts off a tumor’s blood supply, has been found effective in the treatment of colorectal cancer, according to a UCLA Jonsson Cancer Center study. Read more...

A team of UCLA computer science students will head to Sao Paolo, Brazil, in July to participate in the world finals of Microsoft’s Imagine Cup. The team will be representing the United States with its creation, PICKS, a software application for cellular phones that would make it easier for users to find places to eat or shop. Read more...

After graduating from Stanford at age 19 in 1995, Houman Hemmati enrolled at the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, where he now conducts groundbreaking research with pediatric brain tumors. Read more...

Combination therapy found effective for breast cancer Two studies conducted by the UCLA Jonsson Cancer Center have found that a combination therapy of the drug Herceptin and chemotherapy increases tumor response and decreases the rate of relapse in breast cancer. Read more...

The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers at UCLA knows its circuits. Teams of UCLA engineering students have spent months and many sleepless nights of algorithm tweaking for complex bundles of circuits and sensors on wheels. Read more...