Apparently, this UCLA doctor is more than just a mental illness specialist. He’s also a heartthrob. Dr. Arif “Reef” Karim, a psychiatrist at UCLA’s Neuropsychiatric Institute, was named “sexiest shrink” this week by People magazine in the publication’s annual “Sexiest Men Alive” feature. Read more...
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November 18, 9:00 pm
UCLA doctor featured in People’s “˜sexiest man’ issue
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November 18, 9:00 pm
Cybernetics combines many disciplines
When fourth-year student John Vaszari tells people what his major is, questions about robots and artificial intelligence frequently follow. At interviews for medical school this fall, Vaszari has given the same well-rehearsed explanation to doctors and admissions boards when they ask the inevitable question about “cybernetics.” An undergraduate interdepartmental program at UCLA since 1972, cybernetics is the study of control and communication processes in biological systems ““ cell movement translated into the language of engineering, protein interactions described with math equations. Read more...
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UCSA hosts minorities conference
Hundreds of minority students will travel from different University of California campuses to UCLA for a two-day conference to discuss issues affecting their communities in an open forum this weekend. Read more...
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2004 VSU president dies
Steven Thang Quoc Le, 2003-2004 president of UCLA’s Vietnamese Student Union, was active in bringing Vietnamese community issues to UCLA. Le died Nov. 11 of undisclosed causes in Orange County. Read more...
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Council to decide program’s fate
The Graduate Council will decide whether or not to suspend the Islamic Studies program following a meeting today between the council and members of the Islamic Studies Faculty Advisory Committee. Read more...
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Students undress in protest
Shortly after students called on university regents to rethink fee increases and address minority enrollment Thursday, many removed their shirts as a symbolic protest. “We have nothing left to give but the shirts off our backs,” said Christopher Sweeten, a third-year student from UC San Diego. Read more...
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November 18, 9:00 pm
Regents approve fee increases
Students at the University of California will be even more hard-pressed to pay for their education next year than they have been in the past. By a 12 to 1 vote, the UC Board of Regents approved the 2005-2006 budget, which includes an 8 percent increase in undergraduate fees and a 10 percent increase in graduate fees. Read more...