Prices for some college textbooks may be lower next year, after legislation aimed at reducing the cost of course materials passed in a California Senate committee last week. Read more...
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April 17, 8:06 am
State Senate bills aim to lower college textbook prices with creation of digital library
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April 17, 1:42 am
Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano delivers lecture at UCLA
Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano delivered a lecture at the UCLA Anderson School of Management on Monday, speaking to about 350 people about the role and responsibilities of the federal Department of Homeland Security. Read more...
Photo: Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano delivered a lecture at the Burkle Center for International Relations in April 2012 about the role and responsibilities of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
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April 16, 12:37 am
Professor Judea Pearl receives Alan Turing award for work on artificial intelligence
Judea Pearl remembered hiding under a staircase with seven other children when Egyptian forces launched an air-attack on Tel Aviv, Israel in 1948. Read more...
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Professor Judea Pearl is this year’s recipient of the esteemed Alan Turing award.
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April 16, 12:34 am
U.S. graduate schools see a rise in international student applications in 2012
American graduate schools saw a steep rise in international student applications for the upcoming academic year compared to recent years, according to a recent survey by an organization that predicts global trends in graduate education. Read more...
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April 16, 12:31 am
Admitted students visit UCLA for second annual Bruin Day
Bright yellow and blue balloons and tents with signs that read "Welcome Future Bruins" filled UCLA this weekend as thousands of admitted students and their families streamed onto campus for the second annual Bruin Day. Read more...
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Accepted students and their families walk on Janss Steps to and from Wilson Plaza during Bruin Day on Saturday.
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April 16, 12:20 am
Burglaries at off-campus UCLA university apartments spike since September
There have been more than 20 burglaries and attempted burglaries since September at university apartments on Sepulveda and Sawtelle boulevards and Rose and Keystone avenues, in a set of graduate student apartment complexes called University Apartments South, according to a recent report released by the UCPD. Read more...
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April 13, 1:19 am
Professors, grad students go bald to support pediatric cancer research at Brew-N-Shave
On Thursday night, the upstairs room of the Westwood Brewing Company was temporarily transformed into a barbershop for Brew-N-Shave, an event hosted by UCLA geography lecturer Justin Wilford to raise money for children's cancer research. Read more...
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UCLA lecturer Justin Wilford sits with his daughter Maesie at Westwood Brew Co. Thursday night as he has his head shaved in a fundraiser for children’s cancer research. Wilford hosted the event, inspired by his 5-year-old son Max, who is currently fighting brain cancer.