Undocumented student motivated by legal inadequacies

Vlad Stoicescu-Ghica crams his schedule with jobs and internships on his quest to become an attorney like his mother used to be in his home country of Romania. The third-year political science student’s aspirations are also motivated by experiencing the legal system’s inadequacies firsthand as an undocumented individual. “I want to be there to watch […]

Tutoring group teaches students in overlooked area

Batman, a wizard and Francis the Ladybug are in a middle school cafeteria early Saturday morning. What happens next? They tutor English and math – algebra, to be precise. It was “Superhero Day” last weekend for the Glendale Learning Program, the first theme day of the year for a UCLA student-run tutoring group that teaches […]

What’s happening at UCLA this week: Oct. 7 – 11

See what’s happening on your campus this week: Monday The Crisis in Syria Panelists discuss topics related to the current crisis in Syria. Speakers include UCLA political science professor Dan Treisman and Dalia Dassa Kaye, Director of the Center for Middle East Public Policy at the RAND Corporation. Law Building 1457 4 – 5 p.m. […]

UCLA introduces new evolutionary medicine minor

In the eyes of some scientists, anxiety disorders have evolved from primitive human instincts, and examining their histories is crucial for medicine today. This is the basis of evolutionary medicine, an emerging field of biology and the subject material of a new minor now offered at UCLA. Evolutionary medicine looks at modern medicine through an […]