California students will receive a more engineering design-based science education in a few years that will connect experiments more closely with concepts. The California State Board of Education approved in early November a framework that will help teachers implement curricula based on the Next Generation Science Standards. Read more...
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November 30, 9:03 pm
Cosmetic dentist and UCLA alum brings smiles into the spotlight
Bill Dorfman transformed people’s smiles through dental surgeries when he was featured on the television show “Extreme Makeover.” “What I realized is, when you save a lot of teeth, you save a smile,” Dorfman said. Read more...
Photo: Bill Dorfman, a UCLA alumnus, is a media personality and celebrity cosmetic dentist. He is also involved with LEAP, a nonprofit education foundation that organizes youth leadership programs at UCLA. (Dayoung Lee/Daily Bruin)
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November 30, 12:36 pm
Little Bruin Wishes fundraiser brings gifts to student parents, families
UCLA students’ children will receive the gift-wrapped presents they wish for this holiday season. The children will receive the gifts from Little Bruin Wishes, a gift drive hosted by the Bruin Resource Center’s Students with Dependents Program. Read more...
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November 27, 11:09 pm
Lecturer shares experience as civil rights activist with students
Paul Von Blum remembers watching news coverage of Rosa Parks refusing to give her bus seat to a white Southerner. He said watching the heroic acts of Parks, Martin Luther King Jr. Read more...
Photo: Paul Von Blum teaches the class Comm M165, “Agitational Communication,” where he informs students about peaceful protest through his own experiences. (Celeste Ruan/Daily Bruin)
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November 27, 11:04 pm
Students, faculty work on sustainability report card for LA County
UCLA faculty and students will update the County of Los Angeles’ sustainability grade based on its air quality and use of sustainable energy. The report card is a project led by the Sustainable LA Grand Challenge, a research initiative out of the UCLA Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research, which aims to make Los Angeles County environmentally sustainable by 2050. Read more...
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November 22, 10:01 pm
Professors discuss predicted impact of Trump immigration policies on LA
UCLA professors expect President-elect Donald Trump’s immigration policies to have little effect on Los Angeles. City officials will develop a plan to protect the city’s undocumented residents in response to Trump’s anti-immigration platform. Read more...
Photo: UCLA professors said they think Los Angeles will be able to resist President-elect Donald Trump’s plan to deport undocumented immigrants. (Kristie Hoang/Daily Bruin)
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November 22, 9:56 pm
Student pushes for better careers, labor practices in apparel industry
Maryam Shehata saw factory employees crowded into poorly lit rooms, working even through their breaks, when she walked through a manufacturing company in Hong Kong. “In general, there was an atmosphere of disconnect,” said Shehata, a third-year gender studies student. Read more...
Photo: Maryam Shehata, a third-year gender studies student, started Snack N’ Give Back, a foundation that sells snacks and donates its profit to countries like Syria, India, and Pakistan. (Chengcheng Zhang/Daily Bruin)