Diane de Anda’s writing career began when the principal of her high school sat her down with a college application and told her to fill it out. Creative writing, she said, was her first love, but she did not pursue it professionally while she worked as a professor at the UCLA Luskin School of Public […]
Author Archives: Andrea Henthorn
Q&A: Alum Henry Waxman discusses future as UCLA regents’ professor
Henry Waxman, a UCLA alumnus and a longtime congressman who represented the 33rd District that includes Westwood, announced last week that he will teach at the UCLA School of Law next academic year. Waxman retired from Congress in January after 40 years and was replaced by Ted Lieu, a former state senator. Waxman will serve […]
Anderson Women’s Summit gives advice on achieving workplace success
Graduate students suggested ways to succeed in workplaces dominated by men at a forum Sunday held by the Women’s Business Connection at the UCLA Anderson School of Management. About 200 attendees came to the third annual Anderson Women’s Summit, including students at the School of Management, alumni and women currently in the workforce. Connie Woo, […]
Student-created program addresses mental health with speaker series
Therese Todd thought her father was yelling an order for two-by-four planks on the phone with a client at his hardware company as she sat between her brothers in the back of the minivan on the way to Disney World. She realized several years later there was no client on the phone, and that her […]
Greek Week to fundraise for 2015 Special Olympics
Greek Week, the annual UCLA fraternity and sorority philanthropy event, is donating this year to the Special Olympics World Summer Games to be held in Los Angeles, with $2,700 already fundraised for the July event. Money raised during Greek Week will sponsor individual athletes participating in the games. Greek Week is a series of activities […]
‘3 Day Startup’ aims to develop students’ entrepreneurial skills
Forty students will work in teams to develop complete business models, starting with their ideas and onward, this weekend on the Hill. The event, called 3 Day Startup, is a nonprofit weekend conference that the organizers hope will teach students how to develop prototypes, talk to customers and collaborate with mentors. This weekend will be […]
Students find unexpected objects in dining hall food
Two students reported finding unwanted objects in their food last week at De Neve dining hall on the Hill. Judd Collado, a first-year molecular, cell and developmental biology student, said he found a piece of wire in his pizza at De Neve dining hall on Jan. 20 while eating dinner. In a separate incident, Emily […]