In 1968, a fraternity on campus put up a banner explicitly listing those not invited to its "Viva Zapata" party: "no Negros, no Japs, no dogs." Read more...
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Professor Paul Von Blum was among the many UCLA faculty members active in the Civil Rights Movement.
Alexis Popkow's mother was an engineer in the 1970s, when the ratio of men to women engineers was nearly 20-to-one, Popkow said. Read more...
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Physics graduate student Alexis Popkow is one of the few female students in her department. The physics program has the highest male-to-female ratio at UCLA.
The reopening of Rieber dining hall, which was expected to happen sometime this quarter, has been pushed back to fall 2011. Read more...
Recognizing the importance of technological innovation, the UCLA Humanities Division has created the digital humanities minor, which will begin offering new courses next fall. Read more...
The Undergraduate Students Association Council is the official student government of UCLA's undergraduate students. Read more...
Dr. Jack Kevorkian, well-known right-to-die activist, will speak at UCLA on Saturday about his ideology and time in prison. Read more...
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Dr. Jack Kevorkian (courtesy of Amy Powers)
More UCLA undergraduate students apply to medical school than to any other graduate program.
Vivy Tran is a second-year physiological science student who plans on following this track.
Tran is an officer of Stroke Force, where she has been able to bring medicine out of the classroom by interviewing patients and shadowing doctors in an emergency room.
Students interested in gaining similar experiences will be able to learn about on-campus health organizations tonight, when UCLA pre-health honor society Alpha Epsilon Delta and the Office of Residential Life host their annual health and career fair, the Tri-Healthalon.
The fair aims to connect pre-health students with student groups on campus to provide intensive academic counseling for those preparing to apply to health-related graduate schools, said Christina Fong, a third-year neuroscience student and Alpha Epsilon Delta's main coordinator for the Tri-Healthalon.
A wide variety of health-related groups will be present, including global medical initiatives and community-based health outreach groups.
Representatives from Covel's Academics in the Commons will present pre-health workshops and Q-and-A sessions that will cover the basics of applying to graduate programs in the health field, Fong said. Read more...
