Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright would sit in a tent in her living room as she reviewed private material to ensure that no spies would ever see them, she told a sold-out crowd in Royce Hall Wednesday night. Read more...
Photo: Madeleine Albright, the first woman to become U.S. secretary of state, spoke at Royce Hall Wednesday night about globalization, technology and other issues.
Graduate student government leaders formed a diversity committee last week to gather graduate student opinions about racial discrimination at UCLA, in the hopes of drafting a resolution to address the school’s racial climate. Read more...
The library in Kerckhoff 146 blends into the background, but the books on the shelf are crisp, new and hand-picked for a specific reason. The books – which cover novels about Palestine to journals about current events in the Middle Eastern area– are neatly stacked in the single shelf. Read more...
Photo: Kaleb Herman Adney, a fourth-year history student and director of resources and education of Students for Justice in Palestine, peruses a book in the recently established Alex Odeh Memorial Library in Kerckhoff 146. The library, named in memory of a Palestinian-American civil rights leader, contains literature particularly on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
The Julian Schwinger Foundation for Physics Research recently donated $1.2 million to UCLA to create the Julian Schwinger Fellowship in the department of physics and astronomy, according to a UCLA statement released Tuesday. Read more...
The Undergraduate Students Association Council is the official student government of UCLA’s undergraduate students. Council meetings are Tuesdays at 7 p.m. in Kerckhoff 417 and are open to all students. Read more...
A patient climbed onto the table in the Indian village clinic and began unwrapping his bandages in front of UCLA medical student Nikhil Nadkarni. As the bandages came off bit by bit, Nadkarni began to get uneasy. Read more...
Photo: Nikhil Nadkarni, a UCLA medical student, is currently the adviser for Project Rural India Social and Health Improvement chapters at UCLA, UC San Diego and UC Davis.
University of California President Janet Napolitano released a set of requirements Friday mandating that all University of California campuses have certain mechanisms in place to effectively address discrimination, bias and harassment. Read more...
