A proposal to make the Interdepartmental Program in Afro-American Studies into its own department is in its final stages of review almost a year after the proposal was originally submitted. Read more...
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February 4, 1:13 am
Proposal to change Afro-American Studies into department under review
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February 3, 6:03 pm
UC president forms student veteran advisory group
University of California President Janet Napolitano announced Monday a new student veteran advisory group, another one of her efforts to connect with particular groups of students. Read more...
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February 3, 5:02 pm
UCLA students arrested in connection with Christmas tree fire
Two UCLA students were arrested on suspicion of setting fire to a discarded Christmas tree outside a building in the North Village Monday morning, police officials said. Read more...
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February 3, 2:42 pm
Judge files $10M claim against UCPD
A Los Angeles Superior Court Judge recently filed a $10 million claim for damages against university police, claiming two UCPD officers used excessive force after stopping him in Westwood for a seatbelt violation. Read more...
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February 3, 1:55 am
Bernard Nefkens, UCLA physics professor, remembered as innovative, inspirational
Bernard M. K. Nefkens, a world-renowned experimental elementary particle physicist who worked in the UCLA Physics and Astronomy Department for nearly 50 years, died Jan. 10 after being diagnosed with a form of dementia. Read more...
Photo: Bernard Nefken’s students said their UCLA physics professor was innovative in his teaching and let them carry out their own experiments in his class.
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February 3, 1:51 am
Mother thanks donors from UCLA Blood and Platelet Center who saved her life
Jennifer Calderon was so relieved to hear her baby Henry’s cries in the delivery room that she didn’t notice the medical staff jumping into action. Calderon’s body would not stop bleeding after her cesarean section, an additional complication to what was already a difficult pregnancy. Read more...
Photo: Jennifer Calderon, with her son Henry, meets her blood donors who saved her life after she underwent a blood transfusion following a caesarean section nearly 10 months ago.
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February 3, 1:49 am
Hillary Clinton, Samantha Power to speak in separate UCLA lectures
Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Ambassador Samantha Power , the U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations, are scheduled to speak at UCLA in the next few weeks. Read more...