UCLA students are one step closer to taking online courses for full credit. Read more...
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January 18, 1:21 am
UCLA begins selecting pilot online courses, focusing on increasing access to impacted lower-division classes
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January 18, 1:15 am
UCLA’s Dr. Gary Mathern gives children with untreatable seizures a second shot at a normal life
Walking into the operating room, Dr. Gary Mathern's jitters consisted of only one thought: "Have I really thought all the details through?" Read more...
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COURTESY OF GARY W. MATHERN
Dr. Gary Mathern and his team perform a hemispherectomy. The procedure is undertaken to treat severe, otherwise-untreatable seizures.
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January 18, 1:13 am
The English Major Rewritten: Changes will shift focus from specific writers to eras, themes in literature
English department shifts curriculum focus toward contemporary works
January 18, 2011 – English students entering UCLA next fall will have a new set of requirements. The Academic Senate recently approved changes which refocus the curriculum toward contemporary texts. [1:30]
"English department shifts curriculum focus toward contemporary works"After years of debate, the English department will be nixing some existing courses, introducing some new ones and implementing new curriculum requirements for fall 2011. Read more...
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January 18, 1:11 am
“Best in the West” poker tournament will direct proceeds to Sojourn Shelter to help victims of domestic violence
The Alpha Chi Omega sorority recruited its founding class at UCLA in fall 2009. Read more...
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January 18, 1:10 am
New laser microscope technology allows scientists to see neuron activity of the entire brain
Adrian Cheng was an undergraduate student studying physics and math at UCLA just eight years ago, uncertain of how he could contribute to the scientific field. Read more...
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January 18, 12:50 am
UCPD officers converge in San Diego to police UC Regents meeting
As the UC Board of Regents begins its meetings today at UC San Diego, 20 officers from the UCLA police department are taking a road trip down to San Diego to supplement the police force there. Read more...
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A University of California police officer stands outside of Covel Commons at the November 2009 Board of Regents meeting at UCLA. University of California police are preparing for the regents meeting that is taking place this week in San Diego.
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January 18, 12:48 am
UCLA grad students bring art and science together as they restore artifacts at the Getty Villa
In a laboratory nestled inside the Getty Villa, art and science are an unusual but vital combination. Read more...
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UCLA grad student Cindy Lee Scott works as a conservator at the Getty Villa as part of the Program in the Conservation of Archaeological and Ethnographic Materials.