Hoping to make financial decisions by the University of California more accessible to students, UCLA student leaders have worked to give students representation on an advisory committee. Read more...
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May 13, 1:07 am
Students gain representation on advisory committee to UC Regents
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May 12, 12:33 am
Closure of NASA’s space shuttle program to limit UCLA research
UCLA physics and astronomy professors fondly recollect the space shuttle Challenger's first landing from orbit "“ the crowds of half a million, the thundering noises and the desert heat. In the coming years, no such memories will be made. Read more...
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Mike Rich (left), a UCLA research astronomer, and Matt Malkan, a UCLA physics and astronomy professor, rely on information from the NASA space shuttle program, which will end in June with Atlantis’ final flight. The program completed more than 100 missions and placed the Hubble Space Telescope above Earth.
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May 12, 12:29 am
Law commencement speakers announced
Growing up in Nigeria, Chioma Udeagbala wanted to be a doctor like her father. Read more...
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Law student Chioma Udeagbala will speak at the UCLA School of Law commencement ceremony on Friday.
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May 12, 12:27 am
UCLA Library awards undergraduate students for research
Despite immense scientific evidence to the contrary, celebrity endorsement and a lack of scientific education have made Americans much more susceptible to the argument that vaccines can cause autism. Read more...
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(Left to right) Students Lincoln Pitcher, Ellen Watkins and Myer Rickless (far right) won Ruth Simon’s (third from left) award for undergraduate research.
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May 12, 12:24 am
Chemistry Professor Robin Garrell appointed vice provost for graduate education and dean of graduate division
The professor of chemistry works closely with graduate students in her research lab and via a pre-professional training program she helped to develop on campus. Read more...
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Chemistry Professor Robin Garrell (left) poses with a group of graduate students. Garrell will become the new dean of the graduate division on July 1.
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May 12, 12:22 am
Democrats reintroduce national DREAM Act
Democrats reintroduced the DREAM Act into the Senate Wednesday, which two UCLA professors said is unlikely to pass through Congress. Read more...
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May 11, 2:46 am
Financial restrictions from gender equity law Title IX keep sports teams from joining NCAA
From Quidditch to volleyball, club sports allow students to compete without NCAA intensity.
Some teams, however, are at the club level simply because the effects of Title IX gender equity restrictions keep them out of the NCAA.
Men's lacrosse, though sanctioned by the NCAA in many collegiate programs, is not an NCAA sport at UCLA. Read more...
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First-year biochemistry student Andrew Bailey plays with the UCLA Men’s Rugby Club on the Intramural Field during a practice in October 2010.