PHILADELPHIA, PA “”mdash; The West Coast was well represented at the Philadelphia Museum of Art’s restrospective exhibition marking the 100th anniversary of the birth of Salvador DalÃ, the Spanish surrealist known for his iconic painting of melting clocks. Among those who trekked from the Pacific to see the over 200 works on display were Diane […]
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An aerial look at evolving Merced
MERCED -“”mdash; Through the window of a 1956 taildragger airplane, longtime Merced County resident Hans Marsen points on Saturday to the site where the University of California’s newest campus will open this September. He explains over the choppy din of a whirling front propeller that development in the city of Merced and adjacent areas is […]
Economists, diplomats discuss EU’s development
Diplomats and economists from both sides of the Atlantic met Monday at the UCLA Anderson School of Management to discuss the state of the European Union one year after the organization accepted 10 new members. Several speakers at the conference supported by the Delegation of the European Commission and sponsored by Anderson’s Center for International […]
Battling book decay
Amid plans to save energy this summer by reducing the use of air conditioning and ventilation on campus, UCLA Facilities Management and library staff are collaborating to ensure books don’t become the next casualty of rising fuel prices. Facilities Management placed Powell and Charles E. Young Research libraries on a list released in March of […]
UCLA physicists have world on a string theory
String theorists at UCLA gather Wednesday mornings to talk about the world as they see it, a place so bizarre it tears common intuition to shreds. There are 11 dimensions ““ one of time and 10 of space ““ instead of the conventional four. The smallest particles that make up matter, like electrons and the […]
UCLA School of Law launches revamped Web site
The law school’s new Web site is up and running this month after two years of planning, and thankful users say they’re glad to be free of an old system that had gone without updates for a decade. “Compared to some other law schools that had very beautiful Web sites, UCLA School of Law’s old […]
Panel discusses influence of public, media on judicial autonomy
The conversation on whether the U.S. judiciary is subject to the whims of politics began long before the Thursday law school forum on the subject. Terri Schiavo, who had been in a vegetative state for 15 years, became a household name when President Bush signed midnight legislation last month asking a federal court to intervene […]