The co-founder of popular social aggregate site Reddit.com will speak about his site and the future of social media tonight in Ackerman Grand Ballroom. Read more...
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April 4, 1:25 am
Reddit.com cofounder Alexis Ohanian set to speak at UCLA about future of social media
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April 3, 8:32 pm
Edible Book Festival
UCLA's third annual International Edible Book Festival held on April 1 Read more...
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April 1, 6:27 am
Browsing history: A heritage site is being set up in Boelter Hall 3420, the room the first Internet message originated in
Lo and behold! The Internet was born
April 1, 2011 – In 1969, a group of UCLA engineers sent the first-ever Internet message from UCLA to the Stanford Research Institute. Leonard Kleinrock, computer science professor and Internet technology pioneer, recounts what the message was supposed to be and what actually happened.
The room where this message was sent from is in the works to become an Internet Heritage Site and Archive. Read the full story here.
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"Lo and behold! The Internet was born"When Brad Fidler started investigating the origins of the Internet at UCLA, there was no consensus on who created the technology and where it began. Read more...
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History doctoral candidate Brad Fidler discovered that the first Internet message was sent from a room on the UCLA campus in 1969, using the Interface Message Processor shown here.
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March 31, 2:37 am
New UC Center for Laboratory Safety to develop optimal practices for safe lab research
A newly developed UCLA research center will be the first of its kind in the nation to study lab safety and develop optimal lab practices. Read more...
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March 31, 2:33 am
Plans for new tutoring labs are underway
Two new, proposed tutoring centers geared toward science and writing composition may help fill the gap left by closing the Covel Peer Learning Labs "“ if enough funding is granted. Tutoring services will be delegated to experts in each academic area. Read more...
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March 31, 2:24 am
A different kind of class leadership
While most teaching assistants are graduate students, there are some opportunities for undergraduates to take on leadership roles in the classroom. Read more...
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Third-year molecular, cell and developmental biology and psychobiology students Eden Maloney and Elaine Chiu were undergraduate teaching fellows last quarter.
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March 31, 2:09 am
A record-high number of applicants for UCLA results in low admissions
After a record number of freshman applicants, UCLA accepted 25.3 percent for the 2011 academic year. Read more...