This post was updated July 28, 2020 at 4:22 p.m. UCLA admitted 1,500 more freshmen and 300 more transfer students for the 2016-2017 academic year than it did last year. Read more...
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July 4, 3:04 am
UCLA Circle K wins international fundraising and achievement awards
The UCLA chapter of Circle K International recently won awards for club achievement and fundraising. The club received these awards at the 61st annual Circle K International Convention held in Toronto from June 22 to 26, said Juliana Deer, former administrative vice president of CKI and a rising fourth-year biology student. Read more...
Photo: The UCLA chapter of Circle K International recently won several awards at the Circle K International Convention in Toronto. (Courtesy of Carrie Huang)
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July 4, 3:03 am
UCLA Concrete Canoe team aims to maintain quality, artistic design
Civil engineering students will paddle in the waters of Marina del Rey in their self-built canoe this fall. Every year, the UCLA Concrete Canoe team designs and builds a canoe made of concrete and participates in regional and national concrete canoe competitions held by the American Society of Civil Engineers. Read more...
Photo: The UCLA Concrete Canoe team recently won second place at the national competition race. The team will spend the summer and fall contacting suppliers, designing the canoe and perfecting the concrete formula. (Courtesy of Nate de Ropp)
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July 4, 3:02 am
Kiosks provide cheaper, quicker printing throughout campus
Students can now print on the go at 10 new printer kiosks around campus. The printers, which have been on campus since June 15, allow students to send documents to a cloud from their own phones or computers. Read more...
Photo: Wepa has new printing stations around campus, allowing students to print from a cloud on the go. Students can use the mobile app, a USB drive, email or the website to send their documents to the print stations. (Miriam Bribiesca/Photo editor)
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July 4, 3:00 am
UCLA renovating classrooms over summer to address enrollment increase
UCLA will spend more than $3 million on renovating 11 classrooms this summer to accommodate an increase in enrollment for the 2016-2017 academic year. The university will renovate four large lecture halls: Moore Hall 100 and the three Court of Sciences classrooms, UCLA spokesperson Rebecca Kendall said in an email statement. Read more...
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June 28, 7:45 pm
UCLA institute awarded grant for biomedical research
A UCLA institute received a $69.6 million award Tuesday for its work in biomedical research. The National Institutes of Health awarded the five-year grant to the UCLA Clinical and Translational Science Institute, or CTSI, a UCLA partnership with Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Charles R. Read more...
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June 28, 7:07 pm
UCLA Fielding School of Public Health announces new chair
The UCLA Fielding School of Public Health announced a new chair and professor of epidemiology Tuesday. Karin Michels, who received her doctorate in epidemiology at the Harvard School of Public Health and in biostatistics at Cambridge University, will join the faculty June 30. Read more...
Photo: (Courtesy of Karin Michels)