As an undergraduate student at Nanjing University in the city of Nanjing, China, Siyi Xu loved to use the large radio telescope located high in the mountains of western China. Read more...
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October 20, 12:10 am
UCLA Cross-disciplinary Scholars in Science and Technology program facilitates cooperation with Asian schools
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October 19, 1:49 am
UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability’s Leaders in Sustainability Program offers certificates in environmental fields, educates students on current issues
The Graduate Student Association's Leaders in Sustainability program, in its fourth year of operation, is vying to reach out to a growing pool of interested students about its environmental-emphasis certification program. Read more...
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UCLA professor of management Magali Delmas speaks at an event for the UCLA Graduate Student Association’s Leaders in Sustainability program. The program has garnered increased interest from students.
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October 19, 1:45 am
The Economic Crisis Response Team targets financial aid to graduate students
UCLA administrators are reaching out to graduate students about emergency financial aid options that are currently used mainly by undergraduates. Read more...
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October 19, 1:42 am
Depending on specific revenue figures, Gov. Jerry Brown may be forced to make trigger cuts to state education funds
California legislators may soon have to discuss the possibility of further cuts to state-funded programs, including the University of California, based on the state's failure to meet revenue projections for the past three months. Read more...
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October 19, 1:39 am
UCLA School of Law online forum brings together international experts on human rights and legal issues
Unable to resolve conflict in Libya by issuing an arrest warrant for former president Moammar Gadhafi, the International Criminal Court sought the opinion of experts brought together by a UCLA School of Law forum. Read more...
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October 18, 1:26 am
Backpack display hopes to prevent suicide among college students, fight mental health stigma
The sight of hundreds of brightly colored backpacks scattered on the lawn in front of the Student Activities Center on Monday captured the attention of Christopher Wenell as he walked through campus. Read more...
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Students in Wilson Plaza look at backpacks representing college student suicides.
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October 18, 1:24 am
Second-year RAs step up to help lead the Hill
Strolling down the hall on the fifth floor of Hedrick Summit, Taylor Briglio casually chats and jokes with residents as they prepare to go to a floor dinner. The environmental science student is one of a minority of second-year resident assistants on the Hill. Briglio decided in November of his first year to apply to become an RA, appreciating the sense of community his own RAs created the year before. Although he served on floor government in Courtside his first year, Briglio said he didn't expect to be a resident assistant by his second year. Briglio was initially chosen as an alternative applicant. Read more...
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Taylor Briglio has been one of a higher-than-average number of second-year RAs hired this year to account for this year’s large freshman class.


