A new student-run program that aims to encourage collaboration between students interested in starting companies recently started accepting applications. The new program, called Bruincubator, was started by students in Bruin Entrepreneurs to teach undergraduate students how to work together to start a company, said Varadh Jain, a second-year mathematics and economics student. Read more...
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December 9, 2:39 am
Student-entrepreneur program accepting applications
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December 9, 2:34 am
The UC mobilizes to repeal federal sequester cuts
With Congress’ budget deadline coming up on Friday, the 10 campuses in the University of California and other groups in the UC are mobilizing efforts to combat federal sequester cuts. Read more...
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December 9, 2:33 am
UCLA alumnus named LA County Teacher of the Year
The walls in Jesus Gutierrez Jr.’s classroom are covered with contributions from his current and former students. Group photos of his students are scattered between poems that express some of their personal challenges – everything from being homeless to losing a parent. Read more...
Photo: Jesus Gutierrez, a UCLA alumnus, recently won the Los Angeles County Teacher of the Year Award. He teaches at Baldwin Park High School.
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December 9, 2:32 am
ASUCLA Board of Directors meeting recap: Dec. 6
Associated Students UCLA is a multimillion-dollar organization that provides student services and activities that the university does not fund and oversees the Undergraduate Students Association Council, Graduate Students Association, Communications Board, campus services and enterprises. Read more...
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December 9, 2:30 am
What’s happening at UCLA this week: Dec. 9
What: Campus partners are hosting a “study night” in Pauley Pavilion. The Undergraduate Students Association Council Facilities Commission is co-programing the event with UCLA Recreation, the USAC Academic Affairs Commission and the USAC General Representative 2 office. Read more...
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December 9, 2:29 am
Economic pressures lead to fewer full-time faculty
The likelihood of being taught by a full-time lecturer at UCLA is steadily decreasing. Economic and enrollment pressures have caused UCLA to replace retiring full-time faculty with part-time faculty, said Robert Cox, manager of the Office of Analysis and Information Management at UCLA. Read more...
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December 9, 2:23 am
Mandela influential in UC’s approach to anti-apartheid cause
From his prison cell on a small island off the coast of South Africa, Nelson Mandela revolutionized UCLA’s impact on and the UC’s involvement in, the anti-apartheid movement during the 1980s. Read more...