Between grading papers, teaching and conducting research, UCLA Professor Paul Barber is also actively involved in the creation of a new biodiversity research facility in Bali, Indonesia. Read more...
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May 13, 10:40 pm
Professor works to open research facility in Indonesia
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May 13, 10:38 pm
Recession lowers international funding to fight AIDS
Developing countries are struggling to combat AIDS as international funding is decreasing, according to a recent report by Doctors Without Borders. Read more...
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May 12, 10:34 pm
Report urges graduate funding
Laura Loeb always wanted to be a professor. A second-year doctoral student in sociology, Loeb is paying for her six-year degree program mostly through university-allocated stipends and teaching assistant work. Read more...
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May 12, 10:30 pm
Student disability projects honored
Shareen Nizami was motivated to engage in disabilities studies after watching her younger brother struggle for years against unfair treatment by school administrators, who placed him in English as a second language classes and punished him for daydreaming, thinking he had ADD "“ Attention Deficit Disorder. Read more...
Photo: English student Michelle Tang (left) and political science student Shareen Nizami (right) won the Jessie Alpaugh Senior Prize in Disability Studies.
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May 12, 10:21 pm
UCLA Peer Health Exchange gives health education
In many high school health classes, students might be put off by their teachers' teaching topics such as contraception and drug abuse. Read more...
Photo: The UCLA student group Peer Health Educators visits high schools throughout Los Angeles to educate students about health issues.
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May 11, 10:38 pm
Pauley Pavilion begins renovation with ceremony
Tuesday afternoon, UCLA broke ground on a new era in the historic campus icon Pauley Pavilion. Read more...
Photo: Ben Howland (left) and Al Scates celebrate the renovation of Pauley Pavilion Tuesday.
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May 11, 10:17 pm
Ackerman Union’s hidden mural
On June 11, 1970, a small daily newspaper in Santa Monica ran a short story about a mural that had recently been completed in UCLA's Ackerman Union. Read more...
Photo: A UCLA student is arrested on campus during one of several protests that inspired the mural in Ackerman Union.