Laura Loeb always wanted to be a professor. A second-year doctoral student in sociology, Loeb is paying for her six-year degree program mostly through university-allocated stipends and teaching assistant work.
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Former UCLA Medical Center employee Huping Zhou sentenced jail time for looking at private medical files
A former UCLA Medical Center researcher was sentenced on April 27 to four months in federal prison for looking at the confidential medical records of co-workers and celebrities such as Tom Hanks, Leonardo DiCaprio and Arnold Schwarzenegger.
University of California professors’ salaries fail to match inflation rates, hurt UC’s chances of maintaining qualified faculty
Professors across the country have been left with less and less buying power as their salaries fail to keep up with inflation rates, according to a survey released by the American Association of University Professors.
UCLA campus plans to open a new child care facility in Westwood this September
In an effort to accommodate the hundreds of families on the child care waitlist, UCLA will be opening a new child care facility in Westwood this fall for UCLA students, faculty and staff.
GSA’s print academic journal Carte Italiane moves online
Deep in the Graduate Students Association archives lay dozens of copies of Carte Italiane, a cultural studies academic journal published by the GSA that was available only through subscription.
Scientists tap into strains of AIDS
Two studies led by UCLA researchers have shed new light on the development and treatment of HIV/AIDS, 29 years after UCLA doctors recorded the first cases of the epidemic.
UCLA Higher Education Research Institute study finds incoming first-years have more financial concerns
Incoming university students are going to greater lengths to afford college in hopes that their investment will pay off after graduation, according to a nation-wide survey.