Rachelle Wong, a fourth-year international development studies student, died Aug. 3 in her Rieber Terrace dorm room. She was 20. Read more...
Photo:
Rachelle Wong
News
Campus, News
|
August 20, 4:52 am
Tragedy at UCLA followed by requirements for protective gear, research into lab safety
Within the aged labyrinth of the Molecular Sciences Building in South Campus, a painful memory still resonates "“ one that prompted revisions in laboratory safety at UCLA in recent years. Read more...
News, Westwood
|
August 20, 4:51 am
L.A. City Council bans storefront marijuana sales, local groups fight back
A Westwood medicine shop and pot dispensary may soon cut marijuana from its inventory. Read more...
Photo:
The Farmacy in Westwood may no longer be able to sell marijuana, after a vote last month to ban storefront pot dispensaries.
News
|
August 20, 4:49 am
Undocumented students weigh risks of applying for deferred action
For most of Yesenia Capellino's life, the possibility of being deported from the country in which she had spent most her life was a persistent fear. Read more...
Photo:
Students fill out the application for the federal deferred action initiative during a workshop hosted by Improving Dreams, Equality, Access and Success.
News
|
August 20, 4:46 am
UC leaders write brief supporting University of Texas admissions policy
At a time when the University of California is not allowed to use race as a factor in admissions, UC leaders recently came out in support of a similar policy at the University of Texas that is currently the subject of a Supreme Court Case. Read more...
News, Science & Health
|
August 13, 6:07 am
Medical centers trying to reduce risk of hospital-acquired infections
Each year millions of patients check into hospitals for treatment and instead get a completely different medical condition than they came in with "“ a hospital-acquired infection. Read more...
News
|
August 13, 6:05 am
National Dream University offers low-cost online courses for undocumented students
A one-year curriculum of low-cost online college courses, geared toward undocumented students, will be available in 2013 as part of an institution called the National Dream University, established in part by the UCLA Center for Labor Research and Education. Read more...