Lions danced around the room, egged on by children squealing in delight at their acrobatics and sparkling costumes. Crowds cheered beneath rows of red paper lanterns and clapped along as a children’s choir sang Chinese songs. Read more...

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In a classic episode of “The Simpsons,” teachers at Springfield Elementary are replaced with giant video screens on which one person “teaches” live to students around the country; at one point, he calls on “the redhead in the Chicago school system” for the answer to three minus one. Read more...

Peter Ladefoged, UCLA professor emeritus of linguistics and the foremost linguistic phonetician in the world, died in London on Tuesday, Jan. 24, at the age of 80. Read more...

Racing against the storm to save his research, Tyler Curiel stayed in his lab at Tulane University in New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina. He hoped to protect rare cancer cells vital to his research, which examines immune cells and their response to cancer and infections. Read more...

The Cooperage as UCLA students know it today may not be so familiar next year, as plans to remodel the facility are now well underway, according to reports from the Associated Students UCLA board of directors. Read more...

The UCLA Marching Band sent a 57-member ensemble to Hong Kong to join lights, floats and thousands of other musicians to usher in the Year of the Dog on Sunday. Read more...