Author Archives: Natalie Branach

The European Constitution will provide much-needed legality to the European Union, among other things, said Jozsef Szajer, Vice President of the Hungarian Parliament and drafter of the proposed European Constitution, at a lecture and discussion at the UCLA School of Law this past week. Currently, individual member nations of the European Union do not have […]

Raghuram Rajan, a world-renowned economist and professor, gave a lecture at The Anderson School at UCLA last week, making it known he thought capitalism was the economic system most able to improve financial markets and economies around the world. Many people in the audience were especially interested in Rajan’s opinions on finance because he was […]

Saving capitalism from the capitalists may seem like an awkward crusade, but perhaps that is exactly what world financial markets need, according to Raghuram Rajan, a world renowned financial economist and professor. Rajan advocates a change in the way the world views capitalism in his new book “Saving Capitalism from Capitalists,” and his upcoming lecture […]

With thousands of students roaming around the hallways and walkways of UCLA, it’s hard not to feel like just another number or statistic. This summer, some incoming freshmen are gaining valuable experience in order to battle this overwhelming feeling college might produce through the Freshmen Summer Program. The Freshmen Summer Program, which is associated with […]

As Kristin Lewis, a 15-year-old student at Sonora High School, struggled with the quadratic formula, a UCLA student mentor sat down to explain algebra, and gradually things started to make sense. Last week, a group of UCLA students, part of the American Indian Recruitment, drove out to the Southern California Indian Center in Commerce to […]

Intellects were stirred and mouths watered Thursday night at an archaeology open house in the Fowler Museum on campus. Students, faculty and the general public got the chance to see archaeology in action and listen to a lecture on the origins and history of chocolate. Friends of Archaeology, a support group for graduate students interested […]

Friends, family and faculty honored four student recipients of the 2003 Charles E. Young Humanitarian Awards on Thursday afternoon, and in turn, recipients thanked those who helped them get where they are today. The ceremony was held in the Kerckhoff Grand Salon on May 22. It featured a short reception where the recipients ““ Kyi […]