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Volume 17:
Winter 2012

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Undergraduate Innovations
Freshman Clusters
UCLA is one of the world's premier universities. At the core of the university's research programs, graduate training, and undergraduate instruction is the College of Letters and Science.
Coming College Events
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The College Deans are delighted to announce that President Bill Clinton will be the speaker at the inaugural Luskin Lecture for Thought Leadership.
News of the College
Creating knowledge through research<br>-- as undergraduates   Creating knowledge through research
-- as undergraduates

Many students in the College participate in research as undergraduates, taking major roles in important studies and publishing their findings even before they graduate.


New treatment helps paralyzed man walk   New treatment helps paralyzed man walk
A team of scientists at UCLA, the University of Louisville, and Cal Tech has achieved a significant breakthrough in its initial work with a paralyzed male volunteer -- the result of 30 years of research to find potential clinical therapies for paralysis.

Exploring the complexity of emotion   Exploring the complexity of emotion

Harryette Mullen, professor of English and winner of the Jackson Prize for Poetry, uses her writings to explore globalism, the African American experience, women's issues, and a love of wordplay.


Scientists create breakthrough in study of molecuar reactions   Scientists create breakthrough in study of molecuar reactions

In a feat of manipulating substances at the nanoscale, UCLA researchers and colleagues demonstrated a method to isolate two molecules and control how they react when excited with ultraviolet light, making detailed observations both before and after the reaction.


Astronomers identify thick disc of older stars in Andromeda galaxy   Astronomers identify thick disc of older stars in Andromeda galaxy

An team of astronomers has identified for the first time a thick stellar disc in the Andromeda galaxy, the nearest large spiral galaxy to our own Milky Way.


Facebook study finds race trumped by ethnic, social, geographic origins in forging friendships   Facebook study finds race trumped by ethnic, social, geographic origins in forging friendships
Race may not be as important as previously thought in determining who buddies up with whom, suggests a new UCLA-Harvard University study of American college students on the social networking site Facebook.