Thursday, July 3

Horace Mann UCLA Community School adds ninth-grade class

About 40 students started high school as the inaugural ninth-grade class at the Horace Mann UCLA Community School last week. Horace Mann, which originally taught only sixth to eight grade, added the ninth-grade class as part of a February agreement between the UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information Studies and the Los Angeles Unified School District to work together to revitalize Horace Mann Middle School in South Los Angeles, said Christine Shen, director of the UCLA Community Schools Initiative. Read more...

Photo: The Horace Mann UCLA Community School, which originally taught grades 6-8, added a ninth grade class from an agreement to revitalize its struggling reputation. (UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information Science)


UCLA to offer new undergrad degree in computer engineering in the fall

The UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science has built a new undergraduate degree out of electrical engineering and computer science. The electrical engineering and computer science departments will together oversee a new degree called computer engineering beginning in the fall. Read more...

Photo: The computer science and electrical engineering departments will jointly offer the new Bachelor of Science degree in computer engineering. (Derek Yan/Daily Bruin)


Anderson School of Management students develop networking app

Andrew Bremner didn’t think networking was important for career progression until he witnessed it firsthand at UCLA. That’s why Bremner and Brandon Kessler, graduate students in the UCLA Anderson School of Management, founded Out of Office, a mobile platform that connects professionals through intimately sized networking events and activities. Read more...

Photo: Andrew Bremner and Brandon Kessler founded Out of Office, a mobile platform that connects professionals through networking events and activities. (Chelsea Zhang/Daily Bruin)



Student creates guidebooks exploring colleges from inside perspective

Aaron Yih was relaxing in the Franklin D. Murphy Sculpture Garden when a campus tour passing by gave him the idea for a new business. Yih, a rising fourth-year Design | Media Arts student, launched College Visit Co. Read more...

Photo: Aaron Yih, a rising fourth-year Design | Media Arts student, recently launched College Visit Co., which creates college visit guides to give visitors a more complete picture of campus life. (MacKenzie Coffman/Daily Bruin)


Students protest arrests at Merced City Council meeting

MERCED UCLA and UC Merced students and city residents protested the arrests of several students – including one from UC Merced – at a city council meeting Monday night. Read more...

Photo: UCLA and UC Merced students protested the arrests of several students at a Merced City Council Meeting on Monday night. Isa Bey, a UC Merced student, was arrested for battery on a police officer in a smoke shop in Merced. (Alexandra Del Rosario/Daily Bruin)


Donation to UCLA botanical garden increases access with new pavilion

When Morton La Kretz was gathering swampy water at the UCLA Mildred E. Mathias Botanical Garden about 50 years ago for a biology class experiment, he never thought he would end up sponsoring renovations at the garden. Read more...

Photo: A $5 million gift from Morton La Kretz funded the new La Kretz Garden Pavilion, which features a welcome center with a multifunctioning classroom to attract more visitors. (Amy Dixon/Assistant Photo editor)



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