Drawing from his two decades of experience with annual healing rituals and ceremonies in southern Arizona, a UCLA professor is helping indigenous communities in the region document their language by making it available to a mass audience through a new website. Read more...
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March 8, 1:03 am
Committee hopes to address campus climate
A University of California student committee that started last year to address campus climate issues is still trying to define its goals as an organization, with its focus shifting from systemwide to campus-level action. Read more...
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March 8, 1:03 am
UCLA, Wake Forest University engaged in legal battle over primate research colony
UCLA and Wake Forest University Health Sciences are currently engaged in a legal battle over the alleged financial mismanagement of a research primate colony located in North Carolina. Read more...
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March 8, 1:00 am
Mark Yudof featured speaker at Institute for Molecular Medicine seminar
University of California President Mark Yudof joined the likes of renowned biologist Richard Dawkins and UCLA basketball coach Ben Howland in speaking at the UCLA Institute for Molecular Medicine weekly seminar on Thursday. Read more...
Photo: University of California President Mark Yudof speaks at a seminar in the Neuroscience Research Building on Thursday.
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March 7, 12:41 am
Undocumented students revealed their statuses, stories at Immigrant Awareness Week rally
Twelve years after traveling by plane, van and car from his home in Chile to the United States, Mario Pizarro stood nervously at the front of the concrete stage in Bruin Plaza Wednesday and looked out into a crowd of about 50 people. Read more...
Photo: Students rally in Bruin Plaza on Wednesday, as part of the fourth annual Immigrant Awareness Week. The event was held by the student organization IDEAS and the USAC external vice president’s office.
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March 7, 12:31 am
Professor emeritus in economics, Armen Alchian, dies
Armen Alchian, a professor emeritus in economics known for his research of business relationships and firms, died Feb. 19 of natural causes. He was 98. Read more...
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March 7, 12:28 am
School of Law receives $1.025 million to establish scholarships
The UCLA School of Law received a gift of $1.025 million from an alumna to create the Justice Joan Dempsey Klein Scholarships in Law, according to a UCLA statement released Wednesday. Read more...