The co-founder of popular social aggregate site Reddit.com will speak about his site and the future of social media tonight in Ackerman Grand Ballroom. Read more...
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April 4, 1:25 am
Reddit.com cofounder Alexis Ohanian set to speak at UCLA about future of social media
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April 4, 1:24 am
Nonprofit organization Project Vietnam Foundation helps rural villages in Vietnam with improving medical training
In American medical schools, students are required to go to psychiatric hospitals and attain clinical hands-on training, regardless of the specialty they choose. Read more...
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Trang Ho examines the teeth of a child in Vietnam. Ho volunteered with the Project Vietnam Foundation to provide medical care to impoverished villages.
(Courtesy of Trang Ho)
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April 3, 8:32 pm
Edible Book Festival
UCLA's third annual International Edible Book Festival held on April 1 Read more...
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April 1, 6:27 am
Browsing history: A heritage site is being set up in Boelter Hall 3420, the room the first Internet message originated in
Lo and behold! The Internet was born
April 1, 2011 – In 1969, a group of UCLA engineers sent the first-ever Internet message from UCLA to the Stanford Research Institute. Leonard Kleinrock, computer science professor and Internet technology pioneer, recounts what the message was supposed to be and what actually happened.
The room where this message was sent from is in the works to become an Internet Heritage Site and Archive. Read the full story here.
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"Lo and behold! The Internet was born"When Brad Fidler started investigating the origins of the Internet at UCLA, there was no consensus on who created the technology and where it began. Read more...
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History doctoral candidate Brad Fidler discovered that the first Internet message was sent from a room on the UCLA campus in 1969, using the Interface Message Processor shown here.
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April 1, 6:22 am
Young Invincibles organization publishes a health care 'Graduation Toolkit' to help students navigate recent insurance changes
Nina Pavlovskaya spent her last year as an undergrad worrying about her health care options for after graduation. Read more...
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April 1, 6:18 am
The pill may not make you ill, specialists say, as each woman responds differently to its hormonal effects
Since its creation in 1960, the birth control pill has been used by 85 percent of all women at least once in their life. Read more...
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April 1, 6:15 am
Anti-melanoma drug Yervoy has been approved by the FDA after 11 percent of trial participants see improvement
The first drug proven to prolong the lives of patients with late-stage melanoma was approved by the Food and Drug Administration on March 25. Read more...