Two UCLA alumni recently donated $2 million to the UCLA School of Dentistry. The donation from philanthropists Bob and Marion Wilson establishes the Bob and Marion Wilson Endowed Scholarship Fund, which will be used to increase scholarship funding for future dentistry students. This gift is the largest the school of dentistry has ever received for […]
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Report shows UCLA law school alumni among highest paid in nation
UCLA School of Law alumni salaries ranked fourth among the nation’s law schools in a postgraduate earnings report published last week by the employment site PayScale. The report cited a median mid-career salary of $182,900 per year after 10 or more years of experience for UCLA law school alumni, falling behind alumni from Harvard Law […]
Leaked emails reveal partnership between Hillel, PR firm
A rabbi at UCLA Hillel is working with a national public relations firm to strategize against potential divestment resolutions on campus, according to recently leaked emails. In the two emails, Rabbi Aaron Lerner told Arielle Poleg, media and client manager at public relations firm 30 Point Strategies, that Hillel at UCLA is planning to spread […]
Miles to Go: Tracking the impact of different campus running surfaces
Editor’s note: Over the next 20 weeks, Assistant News Editor Katie Shepherd will be training for the Asics L.A. Marathon and writing a weekly column chronicling her experiences along the way. She’ll be reporting on the science and health aspects of endurance training as well as featuring students and L.A. residents who are taking on […]
Lecture covers Senate majority predictions for 2014 midterm election
Voter turnout will be key for Republicans to gain or for Democrats to keep a majority in the U.S. Senate in the upcoming November midterm election, said Lynn Vavreck, a UCLA professor of political science and communication studies, in a lecture Thursday. “This midterm election will be a competition for partisans and about mobilizing presidential […]
UCLA vice chancellor for research elected to Institute of Medicine
UCLA’s vice chancellor for research was elected Monday to the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies, one of the highest honors in health and medicine. Dr. James Economou was one of 70 new members elected to the institute this year. Before he became the senior research officer at UCLA, Economou founded the UCLA Human […]
BruinsVote! campaign events exhibit low student turnout
Behind a crowd of about 100 students lay dozens of unclaimed chairs and a barely used photo booth. Though the room is able to hold 2,000 people, students clustered mostly around the stage at the BruinsVote! concert Friday night. To the side, Pat Simmons, a fourth-year physics student, and his friend were planning to run […]