Four complete strangers met in a study room at Young Research Library last Wednesday to talk about everything from the experiences of first-generation immigrants to how language affects the way we think. Read more...
Photo: Students in the Thought Lounge, a new student group, gather to talk about whatever is on their minds. (Heidy Cadena/Daily Bruin)
Third-year political science student Tam Tran played the role of Chaser for the team Chickens and Quaffles, scoring 10 points by throwing the Quaffle through one of three hoops set up in the Sunset Canyon Recreation Center Saturday. Read more...
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This post was updated on Jan. 11 at 5:52 p.m. Gov. Jerry Brown released a record $113 billion state spending proposal Friday, which includes his originally planned 4 percent increase in base funding for the University of California, an increase that is contingent on tuition and nonresident enrollment remaining flat. Read more...
University of California President Janet Napolitano is about to start a new round of higher education funding negotiations with the state amid possible tuition increases and Gov. Read more...
UCLA and dozens of other state universities applied this week to the state’s Awards for Innovation in Higher Education, which will appropriate a total of $50 million to schools that have made efforts to meet the governor’s higher education priorities. Read more...
Three rare instruments were reported stolen from a display case in the UCLA Department of Ethnomusicology over winter break. The instruments, a Saraswati vina from South India, a kora from West Africa and a prima balalaika from Russia, were reported stolen Dec. Read more...
Photo: A prima balalaika from Russia was among three instruments reported missing from the UCLA Department of Ethnomusicology during winter break. (UCLA Department of Ethnomusicology)
“I have been wearing (Google Glass) non-stop for the past 2 1/2 years. If they had a water-proof version it would never come off,” said David Zakariaie, a participant of Google’s Glass Explorer Program and panelist at CES @ Anderson. Read more...
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