We took a look at the numbers for the 2013 fiscal year and created an interactive look at public higher education executive pay across the country using data magnets. Read more...
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March 9, 3:42 am
United Khmer Students’ Culture Night weaves together folk tales, dances
The United Khmer Students at UCLA, family and friends came together Sunday night to showcase Cambodian culture with student performances, weaving together traditional folk tales and dances at the 18th annual Culture Night. Read more...
Photo: Fourth-year marine biology student Irrawaddy Lamouth performed as one of the lead characters in the United Khmer Students’ Culture Night. (Miriam Bribiesca/Daily Bruin)
News, Science & Health
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March 9, 3:38 am
Archaeologist Hans Barnard excavates, educates using STEM background
Webs of wire line the walls of UCLA’s Pasarow Mass Spectrometry Laboratory, a brightly lit room stuffed with chemical machines. An archaeologist in a pinstriped lab coat stands in the middle of the room, cradling his homemade Egyptian pot in one hand and test tubes of finely ground pottery in the other. Read more...
Photo: Hans Barnard, an assistant adjunct professor at the Cotsen Institute of Archaeology, has crisscrossed the globe to analyze ancient societies in locales such as Chile, Peru and Tunisia. (Eu Ran Kwak/Daily Bruin)
A Closer Look, News, Science & Health
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March 9, 3:35 am
Patient safety scores low at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center
Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center’s patient safety scores severely lag behind those of comparable institutions, particularly because of preventable incidents such as post-surgery infections and dangerous objects left in patients, according to a hospital safety group. Read more...
Photo: Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center’s patient safety scores severely lag behind those of comparable institutions, particularly because of preventable incidents like foreign objects left inside patients, according to a hospital safety group. (Daily Bruin file photo)
Campus, News
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March 9, 3:33 am
ASUCLA restaurants to consider composting program
Associated Students UCLA restaurants may begin composting leftover food and paper packaging this year in locations such as Ackerman Union and Lu Valle Commons. Read more...
News, Student Government
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March 8, 1:02 am
ASUCLA Finance Committee recap – March 6
Members of the Associated Students UCLA Finance Committee and the Communications Board discussed the association’s finances and possible models for UCLA Student Media at their monthly meeting Friday. Read more...
Campus, News, Student Government
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March 7, 1:29 pm
USAC removes video of controversial meeting on Judicial Board appointee
This post was updated on March 10 at 11:59 p.m. The undergraduate student government recently took down a YouTube video of a controversial council meeting after several councilmembers received death threats and hate mail accusing them of being anti-Semitic. Read more...
Photo: Four councilmembers questioned a Judicial Board appointment because of the applicant’s affiliation with the Jewish community on campus. A few weeks later, the recording of that meeting was removed from YouTube because of alleged death threats to councilmembers. (Daniel Alcazar/Daily Bruin)