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...
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March 31, 1:52 am
Campus groups offer disaster preparation classes
Disaster preparedness organizations in Los Angeles and at UCLA have seen increased interest following the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Japan. Read more...
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March 31, 1:46 am
General Representative Emily Resnick to initiate two new campus programs
Resnick, a general representative for the Undergraduate Students Association Council, confirmed the date of the first farmers market, which will take place April 20 from 3-7 p.m. Read more...
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Undergraduate Students Association Council General Representative Emily Resnick’s gym-traffic project, which will take photos of gym areas and link them to the UCLA Recreation website, will launch this quarter.
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March 31, 1:41 am
UCLA Health System to make reforms as a result of the federal health care bill
Health care reform is happening within the UCLA Health System, but it is not necessarily President Barack Obama's bill driving the reform, administrators say. In a presentation to the UC Board of Regents on March 17, John Stobo, the UC senior vice president for health sciences and services, emphasized that the UC must address spiraling health care costs regardless of the fate of the bill, which has been threatened with repeal by Republicans. "My feeling is that (the bill) is not going to be the major driver (of UC hospital reform)," Stobo said in an interview this week. Read more...
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March 29, 1:23 am
UCLA urges drivers to Be Alert Bruins to reduce campus accidents
Accidents involving university-owned vehicles have cost UCLA more than $2 million over the past five years, a UCLA safety specialist said. Read more...
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Campus accidents involving university vehicles have cost UCLA more than $2 million over the last five years. Cellphone distraction is the leading cause of accidents.