The acronym CPR usuallybrings to mental images of heroic lifesaving, but for many sciencestudents at UCLA, it results in stressed evenings hunched in front of a laptop. Calibrated Peer Review is an online program designed to develop critical thinking skills by giving students the opportunity to evaluate their peers’ work. CPR introduces students to academic […]
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Westwood Village aims to promote businesses through social media
The Westwood Village Improvement Association recently added a new staff member to bring businesses and customers to the Village, following years of empty storefronts. The new marketing and communications manager position was filled this year with the aim to draw people to the Village through social media and community outreach, said Andrew Thomas, the executive […]
Brotherhood of Distinguished Arabs on path to becoming official fraternity
Laith Mukdad, who is Arab, found it difficult to find his cultural niche at UCLA when he first came to campus. As a result, the third-year political science student said he wanted to create a student group for Arabs to have a position on campus. Mukdad, along with his friends Husam Shadid and Mukhtar Kaissi, […]
App tracks UCLA gyms’ traffic
UCLA Recreation recently adapted an iPhone application that tracks the traffic in recreation centers to fit the UCLA community.