A wrecking ball began knocking down parts of the Engineering 1A building Aug. 22, ending six decades of history for the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science and paving the way for what officials say will be a more modernized facility.
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GRE revision won’t affect UCLA graduate school admissions
Large-scale revisions to the Graduate Record Examinations went into effect Aug. 1, but the changes will not dramatically affect admissions at UCLA’s graduate schools, UCLA officials say.
UCLA associate nursing professor sets up Wound REACH Foundation
Conditions were far from modern or sanitary in the hospital in Haiti. The floor was dirt, the walls were the corners of a tent and Barbara Bates-Jensen had an influx of 75 to 100 patients a day.
Summer orientation will be modified for international students with virtual counseling and a separate session at the end of the summer
With the help of new virtual counseling sessions, an incoming first-year student in Hong Kong can talk face-to-face to an orientation counselor at UCLA this summer without ever leaving home.
Amharic heritage language class to teach reading, writing, culture to Ethiopian high school students in Los Angeles
Rahel Woldegaber understands how difficult it can be to teach children another language.
UCLA rushes to expand
The prospect of the largest freshman class in UCLA’s history has sent administrators and faculty scrambling to expand classes to meet future demands.
UCLA to accommodate freshman influx in the fall with more classes, delayed renovations
UCLA is expecting the freshman class of fall 2011 to be the largest in history, marking a 20 percent jump in the past four years, officials said this week.