Tuesday, May 5

UCLA to offer safety courses for businesses

UCLA will soon become the first institution to host Occupational Safety and Health Administration training courses for business professionals in the Los Angeles area. UCLA’s Southern California Education and Research Center announced its partnership with the OSHA Training Institute at UC San Diego earlier this week, as well as its plans to begin holding courses in February. Read more...


Activists protest on campus

A proposal by a team of UCLA researchers to study the social effects of Ecstasy on vervet monkeys was a key battling point in a protest held Thursday throughout the UCLA Medical Center area by a small group of animal rights activists. Read more...


Home is who the brothers are

Every day, hundreds of students walk up and down Gayley Avenue. To the average student, many of the houses they pass are merely buildings. But for the fraternity brothers who occupy them, they are home. Read more...


Forum positions itself against propositions

With campaigns for and against propositions slated for the Nov. 8 special election in full force, UCLA hosted a community forum Wednesday that was aimed at voicing opposition to three controversial propositions on the ballot. Read more...


Science students research for future

It is a Friday evening deep in the heart of South Campus, and rather than heading into Westwood to catch the latest movie or grab a bite to eat, biomedical researchers are reviewing academic journal articles and designing research projects. Read more...


Reaching for Middle East peace

As though walking into a secret underground meeting of activists trying to make a difference in politics and ideology on the other side of the world, students slowly filled a small lecture hall above capacity Wednesday night during a town hall meeting held to discuss one organization’s steps toward conflict resolution in the Middle East. Read more...


Fees outpacing aid, study says

A recent report by the College Board points to a nationwide trend that University of California students have expressed concern about for some time ““ fees for higher education are outpacing inflation and financial aid is not meeting the challenge. Read more...