Author Archives: Christina Brown

The Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank, and the Claremont Institute, an organization focusing on America’s founding principles, hosted an all-day symposium Tuesday with speakers discussing how America’s early ideas can be applied today.

Hundreds of students, faculty and staff joined Bruins for Israel in Bruin Plaza for the celebration of 60 years of Israeli independence, and the event featured speakers, performers and booths honoring the country’s many qualities.

Government officials from the United States, Kenya and Turkey, several hundred business leaders, and UCLA faculty and students attended the 2008 International Clean Energy & Power Forum on Tuesday night.

Capping off a week’s worth of activities for International Women’s Week, Bruin Feminists for Equality is hosting a fair in Bruin Plaza today to celebrate women and inform students about women’s issues.

As part of a collaboration between a number of universities over many years, Professor of Germanic languages Todd Presner’s project HyperCities, a Web-based platform that shows Berlin as it evolves over centuries, has won a grant totaling $238,000 from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.

A month ago, Jenn Hyman donated a foot of hair to make a wig for a child.

All across the country, students will be speaking out about global warming and pressing politicians for change today, as part of Focus the Nation, a day of discussion about sustainability.