(UCLA) – Ann Karagozian, a longtime professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering and former chair of the UCLA Academic Senate, has been named interim vice chancellor for research. Her appointment is effective immediately, Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Scott Waugh said. Karagozian, who joined the faculty in 1982, will lead a research enterprise that consistently ranks among the nation’s powerhouses. In the last fiscal year, UCLA received more than $1 billion in co

Map of the Armenian Genocide, which occurred in 1915. (Wikimedia Creative Commons, Sémhur) By Aram Ghoogasian (Daily Bruin) – It was my mistake. I didn’t have to walk to Bunche Hall after work on a Wednesday night to attend a meeting where I knew my fellow students would attempt to whitewash the Armenian genocide. But, being the fool that I am, I decided to witness first-hand what I had heard so many others talk about. That was a stupid idea. The organization hosting the eve