The University of California and several University professors recently expressed their support for requiring state-funded research to be made freely accessible to the public. Read more...
Campus, News
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May 9, 1:14 am
UC backs bill to make state-funded research public
News, Science & Health
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May 9, 1:08 am
‘Dancing Scientist’ performs to have kids follow in his steps
A dancer in a sequined white lab coat shot smoke rings out of a machine, exploded hydrogen balloons and made his gloves glow in the dark. Read more...
Photo: Jeffrey Vinokur, a biochemistry doctoral student at UCLA, displays some of his lasers. Vinokur toured the country performing his scientific educational act, “The Dancing Scientist.” He combines his lifelong love of science with his more recent interest in dance.
Campus, News
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May 9, 12:57 am
Referendum to fund Graduate Writing Center passes
The Graduate Writing Center will receive additional funding from graduate students’ quarterly fees next year, after a referendum to increase its funding passed this week. Read more...
News, Student Government
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May 8, 4:31 am
USAC Recap – May 7
The Undergraduate Students Association Council is the official student government of UCLA’s undergraduate students. Council meetings are Tuesdays at 7 p.m. in Kerckhoff 417 and are open to all students. Read more...
News, Student Government
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May 8, 3:27 am
LET’S ACT! removes video featuring Greuel, Garcetti
The LET’S ACT! slate took down a campaign video for the undergraduate student government elections that featured L.A. mayoral candidates Eric Garcetti and Wendy Greuel at the Garcetti campaign’s request. Read more...
News, Student Government
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May 8, 3:27 am
Presidential candidates share views on USAC endowment
Presidential candidates for next year’s undergraduate student government have mixed views on how they plan to manage the council’s newly established $100,000 endowment. The endowment, which was created earlier this year, will provide a 5 percent return that will go back into the council’s surplus each year, according to current USAC President David Bocarsly. Read more...
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May 8, 2:30 am
UCLA alumna remembers changes during WWII
As World War II reached its height in 1943, Virginia Anderson’s professor told her she had received an A in her math class – but that was not the grade that would appear on her transcript. Read more...
Photo: Virginia Anderson went to UCLA during World War II, when male student enrollment dropped more than 50 percent from the United States’ entry into the war until its end. Women enrolled greatly outnumbered men.