Alexis Popkow's mother was an engineer in the 1970s, when the ratio of men to women engineers was nearly 20-to-one, Popkow said. Read more...
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Physics graduate student Alexis Popkow is one of the few female students in her department. The physics program has the highest male-to-female ratio at UCLA.
Jerry Brown has been in office for 10 days, and education looms as a challenge for the new governor. Read more...
The reopening of Rieber dining hall, which was expected to happen sometime this quarter, has been pushed back to fall 2011. Read more...
Recognizing the importance of technological innovation, the UCLA Humanities Division has created the digital humanities minor, which will begin offering new courses next fall. Read more...
On Jan. 31, Mystery Bookstore in Westwood will be closing its doors. Owner Pamela Woods talks about the shop’s specialty, its role in the community, and the increasingly difficult business facing small bookstores. [5:06]
"Long Story Short: Tough competition is no mystery for Westwood bookstore"The Mystery Bookstore, located on Broxton Avenue, will shut its doors for the last time on Jan. Read more...
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The Mystery Bookstore in Westwood will close Jan. 31.
Who knows what Mark Twain himself would say. But plenty of talk has surrounded the decision by Alabama-based publisher NewSouth to replace the word "nigger" with "slave" in an upcoming edition of "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn," slated to be released in February. Read more...
The Undergraduate Students Association Council is the official student government of UCLA's undergraduate students. Read more...
