For the month of January, the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and the UCLA Health System are holding an online competition to fund scholarship projects with the aim of improving health in Los Angeles communities. The “Helping U Help Your Community” competition will award five research projects started by UCLA faculty members in […]
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Obama’s middle-class economics draws mixed response from UCLA community
President Barack Obama’s State of the Union Tuesday solicited different reactions from UCLA students, with some saying they think the nation is moving in the right direction and others saying they think not much has changed since the end of the recession. During the speech, Obama cited the 11 million new jobs created over the […]
TFT unveils Darren Star Screening Room in Melnitz Hall
UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television unveiled the Darren Star Screening Room Friday for use by students, staff and faculty. The small, burgundy and grey-walled room seats 54 people in a movie theater setting with low lighting, sloping walkways and leather seats. The screening room, located in the film school’s Melnitz Hall, had not […]
UN Youth Association aims to inform Bruins about international topics
Jasleen Bains thought that student voices were not being heard on international issues, so she teamed up with Alseena Thomas to try to create a niche organization to help students volunteer for causes related to international politics. The United Nations Youth Association at UCLA, founded by Bains, a fourth-year political science student, and Thomas, a […]
UCLA Division of Social Sciences holds panel on racial inequality
An image of a black student with a graduation cap with “stop killing us” written across it stuck in Jessica Barragan’s mind on Wednesday. Before seeing the image at a panel on race relations in the United States, the third-year sociology student said she had never thought about race relations and police brutality in such […]
Man arrested in connection with UCLA alumnus stabbing to stand trial
A judge ordered a Los Angeles man Tuesday to stand trial for the attempted murder of UCLA alumnus John DeMartini on Christmas Eve. Edris Lamont Banks, 46, appeared in front of L.A. County Superior Court Commissioner Mark Zuckman in the Airport Courthouse during a preliminary hearing Tuesday, where Zuckman heard witnesses describe the stabbing. Police […]
Q&A session spans topics of global outreach, promoting sustainability
His first assignment was to lead a relief initiative for Haiti in the aftermath of its 2010 earthquake. His actions, along with those of supporting American organizations, were part of a humanitarian effort in which about 50 percent of American families donated to the cause. Dr. Rajiv Shah, who has worked as administrator of the […]