United States Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor spoke to students at the UCLA School of Law on Tuesday about overcoming adversity to achieve higher education, a theme that resonated with several students. Read more...
Photo: United States Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor talked with UCLA law students Tuesday about some of her personal experiences in overcoming adversity.
President Barack Obama made expanding economic opportunity for the lower and middle classes the main focus of his State of the Union address Tuesday. The federal deficit is smaller and the economy has largely recovered since the 2008 recession, but Obama said most of the economy’s gains have gone to the rich, not the poor. Read more...
University of California President Janet Napolitano joined a panel of five UC students in a Google Hangout Tuesday to discuss university-related issues ranging from student veteran resources to online education. Read more...
Photo: UC President Janet Napolitano talked with a panel of five students from different UC schools in a Google Hangout Tuesday.
Three of the five lanes on the northbound 405 Freeway will close for repaving during Presidents Day weekend as part of a construction project officials have dubbed “Jamzilla.” Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority is going to close lanes on the freeway’s Sepulvada Pass for 80 hours Feb. Read more...
Photo: The 405 Freeway will have three of its five northbound lanes closed during Presidents Day weekend.
For Iris Firstenberg, storytelling is a family business. At the age of 3, she listened to her father teach moral lessons through stories and watched him write numerous engineering books on problem solving, developing her passion for both speaking and writing at an early age. Read more...
Photo: Iris Firstenberg, a cognitive psychology and management organization professor at the Anderson School of Management, teaches effective business techniques through storytelling. Firstenberg recieved her undergraduate and graduate degrees at UCLA.
An on-campus networking event on Feb. 19 aims to connect students interested in nonprofit work with professionals from an array of organizations. Students must register by Feb. Read more...
Eugene Volokh was 10 years old when he completed the highest level of math at his high school and wanted to move on to linear algebra. Read more...
Photo: Eugene Volokh graduated from UCLA at 15 and went on to get a degree at the UCLA School of Law. He is now a professor at the law school.
