Nine students were awarded the Library Prize for Undergraduate Research as part of Undergraduate Research Week, which ended Friday. The prizes consisted of seven categories, and winners were awarded cash prizes ranging from $250 to $450 for major and minor projects depending on each paper’s length. Read more...
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May 18, 2:13 am
Student awarded Library Prize for research in sciences, arts and humanities
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May 18, 2:12 am
Pilipin* Youth Empowerment Day engages students in cultural dialogue
About 50 students from local high schools and community colleges gathered in Boelter Hall classrooms Saturday to discuss their Filipino heritage and culture with students in Samahang Pilipino, a UCLA cultural group. Read more...
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May 18, 2:09 am
Business improvement district to apply for Great Streets Challenge Grant
The Westwood Business Improvement District announced Friday it would apply for a $10,000 grant to improve Westwood infrastructure, said Andrew Thomas, the executive director. Mayor Eric Garcetti announced the Great Streets Challenge Grant on Tuesday, a program that would award up to $200,000 in grants from city funds to community groups and up to $20,000 for individual applicants intending to improve infrastructure on 15 predetermined roads. Read more...
Photo: The Westwood Business Improvement District will be applying for a grant, issued by the L.A. mayor Eric Garcetti, to improve infrastructure on Westwood Boulevard. (Owen Emerson/Daily Bruin)
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May 18, 2:06 am
Student groups fundraise for Nepal earthquake relief efforts
UCLA students and organizations are selling merchandise and encouraging online donations to collect relief money for Nepal after another earthquake struck the eastern part of the country Tuesday. Read more...
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May 16, 12:27 pm
Social science prizes to promote transparency in research
The Leamer-Rosenthal Prizes for Open Social Science, named in part after UCLA professor Edward Leamer, will be awarding grants of up to $15,000 for researchers. The Berkeley Initiative for Transparency in the Social Sciences, or BITSS, will be awarding prizes to educators and scholars worldwide for research that is transparent and open in a competition named for professors from UCLA and UC Riverside. Read more...
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May 15, 11:10 am
Alumni Weekend 2015
Ahead of Alumni Day, the Daily Bruin examines the history of UCLA and lives of its alumni. Read more...
Photo: Michael Gaulden, a UCLA alumnus and spoken-word artist, was profiled as part of the Daily Bruin series on alumni’s lives. (Felicia Ramirez/Daily Bruin senior staff)
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May 15, 3:22 am
Alumna finds support in UCLA community, advocates for mother’s return
Barbara Sahagun’s mother left for Guatemala on April 23 expecting to be back no more than a week later, finally a legal permanent resident of the United States. Read more...
Photo: Barbara Sahagun, a UCLA alumna, and her brother, were young children when their mother left Guatemala for the United States. Since April 23, Sahagun’s mother has been stuck back in Guatemala, and with the help of her UCLA community, Sahagun has started a campaign to get her back. (Courtesy of Barbara Sahagun)