Increasing demand for coding skills has prompted academic departments to provide more opportunities for students to practice computational thinking. The interest in programming skills has grown rapidly in both UCLA classes and career fields, said Robert Gould, undergraduate vice chair of the statistics department. Read more...
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November 30, 10:25 am
UCLA programs respond to rapid growth in computer science field
Campus, News, Podcasts
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November 29, 11:47 pm
Transfer Program Director aims to help transfer students
When she first moved to Los Angeles to be an actress, Heather Adams had no idea what path her life would take. More than 20 years later, Adams, a UCLA transfer alumnus, heads the Transfer Student Program at the Bruin Resource Center. Read more...
Photo: Transfer program Co-Directors Heather Adams, right, and Melissa Sinclair, left. (Photo courtesy of Heather Adams)
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November 25, 3:30 am
USAC office proposes international student representative position
An undergraduate student government office proposed Nov. 18 to add an international student representative position to the council, in an effort to better represent international students’ interests. Read more...
Photo: A USAC office proposed adding an international student representative position to the council. (Daily Bruin file photo)
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November 25, 3:30 am
Q&A: UCLA professor talks new study on LA’s minimum wage increase
A research foundation granted UCLA professors $570,000 to study the effects of raising the minimum wage in Los Angeles over the next five years. The team will study changes in wage and employment, product prices and health. Read more...
Photo: Dr. Edward Learner, chair of management at the UCLA Anderson School of Management, will lead an Anderson team in a three-year-long research project to study the effects of raising the minimum wage in Los Angeles over the next five years. (Anisha Joshi/Daily Bruin)
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November 25, 3:27 am
UC to cut need-based aid for incoming out-of-state students
The University of California will no longer provide need-based financial aid for incoming out-of-state students to accommodate for the planned increase in enrollment of in-state students. Read more...
Photo: The University of California will stop providing need-based financial aid for incoming out-of-state students to accommodate for the planned increase in enrollment of in-state students. The University will increase resident enrollment by 5,000 in the 2016-2017 academic year. (Emaan Baqai/Daily Bruin senior staff)
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November 24, 6:38 pm
USAC recap – Nov. 24
The Undergraduate Students Association Council is the official student government representing the undergraduate student body at UCLA. Council meetings usually take place every week on Tuesday at 7 p.m. Read more...
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November 24, 2:07 am
USAC draws criticism for enforcing time limit on comment session
Students were unable to comment on a controversial bylaw change the undergraduate student government voted on at its meeting last Tuesday, sparking discussion about the council’s 30-minute limit for public comment. Read more...
Photo: Students criticized the undergraduate student government for limiting public comment after people who attended last Tuesday’s meeting were turned away. (Efron Pinon/Daily Bruin)