Gordon Hull was walking with a group of UCLA volunteers in the Mojave Desert when they came to a steep, rocky surface covered in thousands of sketches. One of these drawings, a lone sheep, caught Hull's eye. Read more...
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Little Lake in Owens Valley, once used as a campground and trading post for multiple Native American tribes, has examples of rock art found by UCLA volunteers. (courtesy of Deidre Whitmore)
A faded blue arrow in the Geology Building points to a glass display case bearing a sign: "World's Oldest Fossils." The information behind the glass explains it all "“ the rock specimens are from Australia and date back 3.5 billion years. Read more...
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Professor J. William Schopf discovered some of the world’s oldest fossils.
On a typical day in the field, archaeology graduate student Anne Austin would wake up at 4 a.m. Read more...
Dr. Jack Kevorkian, well-known right-to-die activist, will speak at UCLA on Saturday about his ideology and time in prison. Read more...
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Dr. Jack Kevorkian (courtesy of Amy Powers)
When Joshua Morrison heard about the earthquake in Haiti one year ago, his first instinct was an urge to help. Morrison, a fourth-year global studies student, spent his spring break last year volunteering in Haiti, an experience that drove him to join the UC Haiti Initiative. Read more...
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Fourth-year global studies student Joshua Morrison spent his spring break last year volunteering in Haiti and later joined the UC Haiti Initiative. (courtesy of Joshua Morrison)
More UCLA undergraduate students apply to medical school than to any other graduate program.
Vivy Tran is a second-year physiological science student who plans on following this track.
Tran is an officer of Stroke Force, where she has been able to bring medicine out of the classroom by interviewing patients and shadowing doctors in an emergency room.
Students interested in gaining similar experiences will be able to learn about on-campus health organizations tonight, when UCLA pre-health honor society Alpha Epsilon Delta and the Office of Residential Life host their annual health and career fair, the Tri-Healthalon.
The fair aims to connect pre-health students with student groups on campus to provide intensive academic counseling for those preparing to apply to health-related graduate schools, said Christina Fong, a third-year neuroscience student and Alpha Epsilon Delta's main coordinator for the Tri-Healthalon.
A wide variety of health-related groups will be present, including global medical initiatives and community-based health outreach groups.
Representatives from Covel's Academics in the Commons will present pre-health workshops and Q-and-A sessions that will cover the basics of applying to graduate programs in the health field, Fong said. Read more...
$500 million in state funding will be cut from the University of California's budget if a new proposal by Gov. Read more...
