Madhavi Marigold Muppala spends her days switching between business classes at the UCLA Anderson School of Management and meetings about the intricacies of making characters move realistically in animated films. Muppala entered Anderson in 2013, hoping to improve her understanding of business and ultimately help her coworkers focus solely on storytelling. “I hope that I […]
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Letters and Science, Anderson School offers entrepreneurship minor
Students interested in developing a new business or understanding entrepreneurial ideas can take a new undergraduate minor in entrepreneurship starting this quarter. The College of Letters and Science and the Anderson School of Management, which are jointly offering the minor, are accepting applications for the minor on a rolling basis. To apply, students must have […]
Law school exam question on Ferguson shooting draws criticism
Some students at the UCLA School of Law have expressed concerns after a professor asked an exam question this week relating to the fatal police shooting of Michael Brown, an unarmed black teenager, in Ferguson, Mo. The exam, given by Professor Robert Goldstein in Constitutional Law II, asked students to write a memo related to […]
Inspired by grandfather, 13 cousins devote themselves to charity work
Sara Boodaie’s 13 grandchildren share more than a physical resemblance – they’re all UCLA students or alumni and each wants to give back to their community. “I like to think that it is in our genes to want to help people,” Boodaie said. The grandchildren’s altruism started with social action projects Sara Boodaie undertook with […]
Authors’ Series Lecture to focus on Black Panther memoir
A UCLA research and academic center will host a talk Tuesday about a book detailing the experiences of a member of the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense in Los Angeles during the 1970s. Anyone can attend the free event hosted by the Ralph J. Bunche Center for African American Studies on the book titled “Nine […]
Artsakh Awareness Week brings attention to regional conflict, Armenian history
A war waging thousands of miles away forced Julie Avetisyan’s parents to flee their home in Baku, Azerbaijan, when they were 17 years old. Avetisyan, now a first-year fine arts student and member of the Armenian Students’ Association, said her family was uprooted from their home during the Artsakh Liberation War, fought in the 1980s […]
UCLA ranks sixth in nation for international student enrollment
UCLA has the sixth largest population of international students enrolled at its campus, according to a report published Monday by an independent nonprofit organization. The Open Doors Report showed that UCLA has admitted about 9,580 international students for the 2013-2014 academic year, an increase of 13.7 percent from last year. UCLA has continued to ranked […]