Nonprofit organization Lamp Village helps people with severe mental illness move from the streets to homes, offering services to anyone who walks through their doors. Lamp also provides a communal art studio for members to paint and express themselves through art. UCLA Lamp intern Kate Viernes and Lamp member Mykael Wolf discuss skid row and […]
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Class promotes students creative abilities through mural painting
“World Art: Beyond the Mexican Mural” is a class designed by Judith Baca to promote UCLA students’ creative and teaching abilities at a local school and in the community of East L.A. Instead of a midterm and finals, the class tests students’ retention of course information by having them design and paint a mural in […]
Audio slideshow: University librarian Gary Strong discusses profession
Game theory predicts outcome of 2012 presidential election
Game theory, a mathematical application known for its successful outcome predictions of casino card games can also be used to predict voter’s decisions in the 2012 U.S. presidential election. Hear UCLA professor Micheal Chwe and graduate student Marcos Menchaca share their thoughts on the exciting race and the key factors involved to predict our possible future president.