2 Wedding Research and Education
Innovative programs combining classroom study and laboratory investigation are an important part of the undergraduate experience at UCLA.

4 Power Plays
Fusion energy is still a dream, but it’s one that scientists around the world, including several at UCLA, are working on aggressively to make come true.

The Electric Tokamak
The Numerical Tokamak
Laser Fusion
Advanced Technology and Materials
Outer Space in a Bottle

14 The Hands-On Approach
UCLA’s Student Research Program gives undergraduates the opportunity to work with faculty on significant research and to gain a broader context for what they are learning in the classroom.

17 Recharging the Electronic Classroom
New media are augmenting traditional lectures and textbooks with heavy doses of visualization, computation, modeling, design, interactivity and group learning.
By Design
Discoveries in the Virtual Lab
Beyond Blueprints
Booting Up the Bard
Track Analysis

Highlights
25 Medicine: Just Say NO
26 Molecular Biology: Riddle of the Folds
27 Social Psychology/Anthropology: All in the Family
28 Immunology: Breathing Easier
29 Political Psychology: Negative Polarity
30 Medicine: Building Better Patients
31 Public Policy: Child Cares

32 Facts and Figures

33 Awards in Research and Teaching

34 UCLA Patents

36 Research Briefs

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