Tuesday, May 20

Students, professor react to Pope Benedict’s plans to step down

The original headline accompanying this article was unclear and has been changed. See the bottom of the article for additional information.  Breaking from about 600 years of tradition, the leader of the Catholic Church Pope Benedict XVI announced on Monday that he will step down from his position at the end of the month, a move that surprised much of the world – including students and faculty at UCLA. Read more...


Technology-related events to open new learning lab

About 20 faculty members clustered around lit-up monitors in Rolfe 2118 on Monday as several instructors presented about different technologies designed to improve education. Read more...

Photo: Guzden Varinlioglu (left), a visiting scholar from Turkey, and Los Angeles resident Steve Lee (right) participated in Monday’s CDH event.






Agreement authorizes mobile ridesharing company

Students who need to get across Los Angeles in a hurry will be able to use a smartphone application to hire a car, after a private ridesharing company and the California Public Utilities Commission entered an agreement last week to continue offering the service in California. Read more...



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