June is Pride Month when the LGBTQ+ communities across the globe come together in commemoration of the 1969 Stonewall uprising in New York City, and in celebration of their freedom and rights.
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Asian American Campus Leaders Reflect on Leadership During the Pandemic
Coping with a pandemic that has killed more than half a million Americans and nearly 3.5 million people worldwide has tested us all in ways we couldn’t have imagined.
UCLA Engineering Alumna Inspires Others through Work at NASA JPL
As a child, Kat Echazarreta ’19 was fascinated by electricity. How does electricity work? And why? How can electricity be used to create new technologies?
“Good Morning America” Honors UCLA Engineering Grad for Community Leadership
In celebration of Asian and Pacific Islander American Heritage Month, ABC News announced its 2021 Inspiration List highlighting notable individuals from the community
UCLA Grad Student’s New Podcast Raises Awareness of Child Abuse
Since 1983, April has been designated Child Abuse Prevention Month, an annual observance in the United States dedicated to raising awareness and preventing child abuse.
Breaking Barriers at UCLA’s First Student-Organized Women in STEM Summit
Over the course of three days in April, Women in STEM: Breaking Barriers (WiSTEM) virtually connected students and professionals with prominent women leaders in STEM fields.
Student-Run Engineering Organization Celebrates Arab American Heritage and Helps Build Community
As an extension of the national and California chapters of the Arab American Association of Engineers and Architects, the UCLA chapter of AAAEA
UCLA Engineering In-Flight Conversation with SpaceX Crew 2 aboard the International Space Station
Two UCLA mechanical and aerospace engineering students conducted a live interview today from Earth to space with aerospace engineering alumna and SpaceX Crew-2 mission pilot Megan McArthur
UCLA Samueli Launches Engineering in Action Speaker Series to Address Equity
In an effort to increase equity and diversity in the fields of engineering and computer science, the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering has announced the launch of a three-part “Engineering in Action” series
UCLA Electrical Engineer Featured in Science Journal on Ways to Improve Equity in Medical Devices
Achuta Kadambi, an assistant professor at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering, published a column in the journal Science about how medical devices can be fundamentally biased
UCLA Engineers without Borders Build Schoolhouse and Water Tank amidst Pandemic
COVID-19 has forced much of student life online, but this has not deterred UCLA’s chapter of Engineers Without Borders (EWB) from making progress on their community development initiatives, both within the U.S. and across the globe.
UCLA Women in Science Group Awarded $20K to Design Lab Kits for Girls in STEM
More than 5,000 elementary through high school students in East Africa will soon have new science laboratory kits thanks to a recent American Physical Society award to Women Supporting Women in the Sciences (WS2).