Hands fold squares of colored paper, aligning the edges to make a triangle. Then, fingers dig into the pocket of paper, popping out a rhombus, which closes back on itself to become a diamond. Read more...
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Students folded 1,000 paper cranes in Sproul Hall Friday night and will be collecting donations for Japan relief efforts.
Shipping containers had been thrown across the dock yard, and cars were strewn across the street when Jonathan Stewart visited the Kashima port in eastern Japan in late March. Read more...
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UCLA professor Jonathan Stewart (back center), and a team of engineers traveled to Japan to understand why the structures in the area failed.
(Courtesy: Jonathan Stewart)
University of California students will not receive additional Pell Grants this summer if President Barack Obama signs the budget deal that passed in the Senate on Thursday. Read more...
UCLA law students are reacting with frustration to the law school dean's response to a professor's xenophobic blog posts, according to a student law organization. Read more...
When Professor Richard Hovannisian started learning Armenian, it looked literally like chicken scratch. Read more...
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Richard Hovannisian, an Armenian and Near Eastern history professor at UCLA, will speak on Monday as the second recipient of the My Last Lecture Award.
Instead of reading between the lines, UCLA researchers will be reading under them. Read more...
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A team of UCLA scholars and researchers have worked with the Early Manuscripts Electronic Library to study the erased layers of text in a collection of ancient manuscripts. They’ve been able to uncover previously unknown information at St. Catherine’s Monastery in Egypt.
Courtesy of Michael Phelps
As a child, Austin Hoover never thought twice about teasing his dad a little about spitting when he talked and using extra sauce during his meals. Read more...
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(From left) Adam, Austin, Wes, Aaron and Andrew Hoover will take part in UCLA’s first Walk for Oral Cancer Awareness event on Sunday morning.
Courtesy of Austin Hoover
