Bruin Democrats will host a candlelight vigil Wednesday evening in remembrance of the victims of the recent shooting in Arizona. Read more...
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January 25, 1:38 am
Campus candlelight vigil planned for victims of Tucson violence; USAC President Jasmine Hill to speak
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January 24, 1:06 am
UCLA professor, plastic surgeon Reza Jarrahy travels to Guatemala as part of Mayan Families organization to treat congenital deformities
Ten years ago, Dr. Reza Jarrahy made his first trip to Guatemala with a team of doctors. A civil war had recently ended in the country, and the team set up operating rooms inside vacated military barracks. Read more...
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Dr. Reza Jarrahy recently returned from Guatemala, where he worked to fix cleft palates. On his most recent trip to Guatemala, Jarrahy spent 10 to 12 hours a day in a makeshift hospital in Antigua treating congenital deformities, which he said is mostly aesthetic but quite crucial in the economically disadvantaged country.
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January 24, 1:04 am
UCLA’s LArge Plasma Device helps understand universe, create innovative technology through experimentation with artificial plasma
Somewhere in the midst of the Westwood underground lies a 19 meter-long machine. The LArge Plasma Device, as it is officially called, produces plasma in artificial form and takes high-speed photos of the material, which is so volatile that it splits apart in a millionth of a second. Plasma is the most common state of matter in the universe, found in stars and the space between them. Read more...
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Walter Gekelman, director of the Basic Plasma Science Facility, shows students the LArge Plasma Device, a machine used to help physicists understand plasma.
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January 24, 1:03 am
Professors hope to propose a study abroad program in Cuba after Obama eased travel restrictions
Earlier this month, President Obama announced an easing of travel restrictions to Cuba for academic and other groups. Read more...
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January 24, 1:01 am
Athletes become pen pals with local students through UCLA Athletics’ Adopt a Classroom program
Six-year-old Jadon Graiwer was ecstatic when he learned he and his classmates would be pen pals with a UCLA athlete. "I don't want to be a Trojan room," Graiwer said about the possibility of his first-grade classroom pairing up with a USC athlete. Read more...
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First-grade student Noa Schwartz gets an autograph from Matt Wiet, a sophomore defender on the UCLA men’s soccer team. (courtesy of Kelly Schwartz)
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January 21, 1:45 am
Fall 2011 applications hit record high for UCLA
Once again, UCLA claimed the spot as the most applied-to campus in the University of California system this year. Read more...
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January 21, 1:42 am
GAMMA patrol reduced on Frat Row
Greeks Advocating the Mature Management of Alcohol has significantly reduced its activity this year after being restarted last winter to deal with an increasing number of fraternity violations. Read more...