The undergraduate student government plans to vote tonight on whether it should express no confidence in Janet Napolitano’s ability to lead as University of California president, until she meets a list of demands compiled by students from multiple UC campuses. USAC currently stands divided on the resolution and is set to vote at its meeting […]
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Inventathon gives students forum for healthcare-focused innovation and entrepreneurship
Two UCLA graduate students met a year ago this week in the midst of an annual networking week, and hatched an idea to bring operating room technology to battlefields, ski slopes and other areas prone to causing brain injury.
Janet Napolitano replaces Mark Yudof as UC president
Janet Napolitano officially takes the helm as president of the University of Californiatoday. The former secretary of the Department of Homeland Security and Arizona governor was approved as president in July. Her nomination was met with mixed reactions, including concerns about her lack of experience in education and her department’s record of deporting undocumented individuals. […]
Restoration of UCLA’s “The Black Experience” mural to begin
Restoration of “The Black Experience,” a mural hidden behind a false wall in Ackerman Union for the past two decades, will begin on Friday.
UCLA introduces new evolutionary medicine minor
In the eyes of some scientists, anxiety disorders have evolved from primitive human instincts, and examining their histories is crucial for medicine today. This is the basis of evolutionary medicine, an emerging field of biology and the subject material of a new minor now offered at UCLA. Evolutionary medicine looks at modern medicine through an […]
Predictions of impact of minimum wage increase varied
A recent vote by California legislators to bump the state’s minimum wage from $8 to $10 an hour by 2016 has left many questions about how the new law will affect state, local and UCLA job markets.
UCLA Center for the Study of Religion introduce new minor
Students interested in exploring the history and tenets of the world’s spiritual beliefs can now minor in the study of religion. The UCLA Academic Senate, a body that allows faculty to determine academic curriculum, recommended that UCLA’s religion program form the minor in its recent review of the program, according to Kyle McJunkin, director of […]