Nearly one year after being created, the Westwood Neighborhood Council faces conflict with representatives who are vying for more control. Read more...
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May 13, 1:17 am
Westwood Neighborhood Council debates bylaw restrictions on student membership eligibility
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May 13, 1:13 am
UCLA law students create guide for best practices for foreign witness protection programs after research abroad
Over the course of a year, 12 students in the UCLA School of Law International Justice Clinic traveled abroad to study witness protection for women who are victims of sexual violence in armed conflict societies. Read more...
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From right: Law students Nicolle Kownacki, Farnoosh Hashemian and Priyan Chandraratna presented their research on witness protection programs to the members of the International Justice Clinic.
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May 13, 1:09 am
Student research team uses Android app to monitor trees on campus, improve environment
Once a week between classes, Jacob Drewisch walks around campus and catalogues trees. Read more...
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Students Jacob Drewisch, Jen So and Dana Trans are working on a project through the Education for Sustainable Living Program to make UCLA more environmentally friendly.
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May 13, 1:07 am
Students gain representation on advisory committee to UC Regents
Hoping to make financial decisions by the University of California more accessible to students, UCLA student leaders have worked to give students representation on an advisory committee. Read more...
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May 12, 12:33 am
Closure of NASA’s space shuttle program to limit UCLA research
UCLA physics and astronomy professors fondly recollect the space shuttle Challenger's first landing from orbit "“ the crowds of half a million, the thundering noises and the desert heat. In the coming years, no such memories will be made. Read more...
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Mike Rich (left), a UCLA research astronomer, and Matt Malkan, a UCLA physics and astronomy professor, rely on information from the NASA space shuttle program, which will end in June with Atlantis’ final flight. The program completed more than 100 missions and placed the Hubble Space Telescope above Earth.
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May 12, 12:29 am
Law commencement speakers announced
Growing up in Nigeria, Chioma Udeagbala wanted to be a doctor like her father. Read more...
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Law student Chioma Udeagbala will speak at the UCLA School of Law commencement ceremony on Friday.
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May 12, 12:27 am
UCLA Library awards undergraduate students for research
Despite immense scientific evidence to the contrary, celebrity endorsement and a lack of scientific education have made Americans much more susceptible to the argument that vaccines can cause autism. Read more...
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(Left to right) Students Lincoln Pitcher, Ellen Watkins and Myer Rickless (far right) won Ruth Simon’s (third from left) award for undergraduate research.