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Are you interested in helping award scholarships to exceptional engineering undergraduates? The review period takes place during the month of July and takes no more than 3-4 hours. Each reviewer will be given a one page essay and a list of extracurricular activities for 10-15 applicants. Sign up today to review student scholarship applications! The review period this year is from July 15 – July 31st.
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UCLA Computer Scientist Receives $2.8M DARPA Grant to Demonstrate New AI Model
Guy Van den Broeck, a professor of computer science at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering, has received a three-year, $2.8 million research grant from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to lead
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Walt Disney Imagineer and UCLA Alumnus Craig Russell Headlines Undergraduate Commencement
Former Disney Imagineer and UCLA Samueli School of Engineering alumnus Craig Russell ’80 delivered the keynote remarks at the UCLA Samueli undergraduate commencement ceremony Saturday, June 15.