A former U.S. ambassador to the Russian Federation argued domestic Russian politics are the main cause of renewed tensions between the United States and the Russian Federation at a lecture at the Anderson School of Management Tuesday. Michael McFaul served as the U.S. ambassador to the Russian Federation between 2012 and 2014. McFaul was also […]
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UCLA data center proposal drafted months before San Onofre settlement
UCLA had a proposal drafted for a $25 million data research center related to the closing of the San Onofre nuclear power plant half a year before its closure was settled in court, according to a document released by the San Diego Union-Tribune Tuesday. In the past month, UCLA has come under scrutiny amid questions […]
UCLA on track to meeting new state greenhouse gas reduction targets
Gov. Jerry Brown announced new targets for greenhouse gas emissions in California on Wednesday, aiming to reduce emissions by 40 percent below 1990 emission levels for 2030. The previous greenhouse gas reduction target for the state was set to reduce emissions by 2020 to the 1990 level of approximately 340,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide […]
Bruins for Recovery seeks to support recovering drug addicts
Adam Smith wants to challenge negative stereotypes of drug addicts. “It’s not the guy in the alley drinking out of a brown paper bag, but the college student taking Adderall every day or drinking too much,” Smith said. “It’s a student getting a 4.0 but dying inside.” The fourth-year sociology student started Bruins for Recovery, […]
UCLA faculty-led conference recognizes Armenian Genocide centennial
The Armenian Genocide means that Aleksan Giragosian cannot visit churches that were hundreds of years old or visit a mountain that is a symbol of Armenian nationalism. The law and public policy graduate student said he cannot visit the historical sites that he wants to because the buildings have been vandalized and started to decay […]
UCLA professor to address Islamic State’s abuse of women in lecture
A UCLA professor will be speaking Thursday about women who are being trafficked and enslaved by the Islamic State group. Khaled Abou El Fadl, a professor at the UCLA School of Law, will speak at the event, which is called “ISIS and the Enslavement and Trafficking of Women.” The Islamic State group is an Islamic […]
UCLA’s school of education collaborates with testing consortium
A consortium housed in UCLA’s Graduate School of Education and Information Studies is giving a new end-of-the-year test to public school students in California and 17 other states for the first time. Smarter Balanced, a consortium comprised of more than 20 states, seeks to test students on their knowledge of Common Core standards. Common Core […]