The California Legislature started a new session last week, with a two-thirds Democratic majority in both the state Assembly and the state Senate for the first time in more than a century, which experts say may shift politics in the state and in turn impact the state’s funding for higher education. Read more...
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January 15, 1:00 am
Crimewatch: Jan. 15
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January 15, 12:55 am
New UCLA course stresses environmental communication
A new class being offered this quarter at the UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability will teach students how to integrate new media – like blogs, videos and podcasts – into environmental science. Read more...
Photo: The Institute of the Environment and Sustainability’s new class explores the intersection between the environment, journalism and new media.
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January 15, 12:05 am
Al-Jazeera buys Current TV to establish new channel
Current TV, a progressive media outlet that has employed numerous UCLA alumni since its founding in 2005, was recently bought by Al-Jazeera, an award-winning news organization in the Middle East that is owned by the government of Qatar. Read more...
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January 15, 12:01 am
Former UCLA professor enjoyed Russian poetry, inspiring students
Vladimir Fedorovich Markov, a professor emeritus in the Slavic languages and literatures department and a Russian literature scholar, died Jan. 1 at his home in Los Angeles, after a long period of complications from Parkinson’s disease. Read more...
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January 14, 2:20 am
Undergraduate Student Writing Center opens third location
The new location will offer sessions with Peer Learning Facilitators – students hired to work with other undergraduates in one-on-one sessions and teach them how to do more in-depth research because of the location in the library. Read more...
Photo: Third-year communications and political science student Tina Tucker assists Zhihao Zhao, a first-year business economics and psychology student, with writing assignments.
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January 14, 2:05 am
Former Bruin releases innovative wheel
To pursue his dream of playing professional tennis, Zack Fleishman dropped out of UCLA nearly 14 years ago. His career as a professional tennis player ended in 2008, after he flew over the handlebars of his mountain bike and dislocated his shoulder, damage that required two major surgeries and six screws to fix. Read more...
Photo: Zack Fleishman, who attended UCLA a little over a decade ago, is part of a company that recently debuted the Shark Wheel, a non-circular wheel that is patented and can be used in place of traditional wheels on objects such as bikes and skateboards.