Wednesday, May 6

Conference inspires model behavior

Bunche Hall was transformed into a center of foreign policy debate Veteran’s Day weekend, as hundreds of high school students in formal attire arrived to attend the 14th annual UCLA Model United Nations Conference. Read more...


Water purification advances

UCLA researchers say they have developed a new way to convert salt water to fresh water that will be more cost-efficient than current methods. Eric Hoek, a professor of civil and environmental engineering, and his team of researchers at the Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Sciences announced Nov. Read more...


Film breaks language barriers

Swahili is not the most common language in films, but that is exactly the aspect of the movie industry that Tanzanian director Josiah Kibira wants to change. Read more...



Doctor-prescribed marijuana divides

There are times when he smokes to help himself study. There are times when he does it to relieve the pain in his knees. Then there are times when Mike uses medicinal marijuana to receive what he says is a smoother, much cleaner high than he can get from the cannabis he could obtain illegally. Read more...


City Hall connects to UCLA

Students looking to get their foot in the door of city politics may be in luck, as this coming spring, second-year graduate students from UCLA’s School of Public Affairs will be able to apply to a yearlong fellowship in the mayor’s office. Read more...


USAC works to put professor evaluations online

The Undergraduate Students Association Council approved two resolutions Tuesday ““ one in support of making professor evaluations available to students, and the other suggesting that students should be able to switch between two separate chemistry series. Read more...