At the headquarters of Homeboy Industries located in downtown Los Angeles, Jesuit Father Greg Boyle works to reform the lives of nearly 200 former gang members. Read more...
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Father Greg Boyle, a Jesuit priest and founder of Homeboy Industries, spoke on the Hill Tuesday night about his experience working with former gang members.
After allegedly failing to meet requests for change from the Academic Senate, the applied linguistics department will not be allowed to accept new students for the 2012-13 school year. Read more...
Shahryar Rahdari was blown away in his neuroanatomy class when he realized that basic human functions such as breathing and learning are the results of complex neural processes and pathways. Read more...
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Student volunteers will run the first InnoWorks science camp at UCLA for underprivileged middle school students this summer.
Less lecturing and more interaction may significantly improve higher education learning, a new study suggests. Read more...
Two UCLA students mapped the lives of Holocaust survivors and put their results online. Their project follows the lives of a married couple who traveled from Europe to Israel and eventually to the United States. Read more...
Food prices at all campus-run restaurants will face an increase of 2.5 percent starting next month. Read more...
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Food prices at eateries run by Associated Students UCLA, such as Kerckhoff Coffeehouse, will rise 2.5 percent in mid-June. The increase is the third in three years and reflects inflation as well as rising costs.
Last week UCLA announced a $20 million scholarship fund for incoming first-years and transfer students this fall. Read more...
