Thursday, July 16

Foreign students say goodbye to UCLA

Mako Fukumoto, a fourth-year world arts and cultures student, is worried about finals and graduation, but she has another pressing concern as well. She needs to find a way to keep in touch with all her friends when she leaves the United States for her home country of Japan at the end of this academic year. Read more...


Generation Millennial

Members of the Class of 2004 are among the first groups of students graduating from the “millennial generation.” These students are the ones who entered the new millennium as young adults or teenagers and are known for their pragmatic nature and ability to plan ahead when it comes to the years following their undergraduate education. Read more...


Tracing the path of UCLA’s medical programs

Much like this year’s graduating seniors, the David Geffen School of Medicine and the UCLA Medical Center have gone through many changes in the past four years, from the renaming of the medical school to the closing of the Willed Body Program. Read more...



Blood bank reports theft

UCLA Healthcare began notifying blood donors June 5 that a laptop containing their confidential information had been stolen in November 2003. The computer housed data including the social security numbers, names and dates of birth of those who donated to the UCLA Healthcare Blood Bank in the past 15 years. Read more...


Academic Senate votes on programs

The process to departmentalize the César E. Chávez Center for Interdisciplinary Instruction in Chicana/o Studies, as well as the Interdisciplinary Program for Asian American Studies, has recently faced some unforeseen obstacles. Read more...


Reps barred from duty

Less than three weeks after being sworn into office, two of the new undergraduate student government councilmembers will have to stop performing their duties until the university police and the Student Conduct Committee review allegations that they vandalized a signboard during runoff elections seventh week. Read more...