A leading expert on the geopolitics of Jerusalem explained causes behind unrest in the city and their relation to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict at a J Street U event Thursday. Citizens of East Jerusalem have recently started organizing violent protests within the city against the government of Israel. The protests are in part from the culmination […]
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UC nursing programs to face 20 percent increase in supplemental tuition
Officials said a recent 20 percent fee increase across University of California nursing schools will improve the programs’ quality and student enrollment, but some students said the added costs may prevent them from participating in the graduate programs altogether. The University of California Board of Regents approved the student fee increase on Nov. 19 for […]
UCLA selected to participate in nationwide Healthier Campus Initiative
A national health organization selected UCLA as one of 20 American universities last month to participate in a nationwide Healthier Campus Initiative. As a new member of the Partnership for a Healthier America, or PHA, initiative, UCLA has three years to implement 23 guidelines aimed at promoting an environment of overall physical and mental health […]
UCLA Brain Research Institute to host neuroscience poster session
The UCLA Brain Research Institute will host an event featuring the work of neuroscience professors, pre-doctoral students and postdoctoral fellows on campus Tuesday afternoon. The BRI Neuroscience Poster Session, a free, annual event aimed to educate community members about UCLA neuroscience research, will showcase more than 150 posters dedicated to brain-related research. More than 300 […]
Camp Kesem’s UCLA chapter holds social media campaign to fundraise
The UCLA chapter of Camp Kesem will hold a social media fundraising event Tuesday to support children whose parents are undergoing treatment for cancer or have overcome the disease.
UCLA’s Grand Challenges seeks to move forward, finalize committees
The original version of this article contained information that was unclear and has been changed. See the bottom of the article for more information. Five faculty working groups will help plan UCLA’s first Grand Challenges project toward achieving a completely sustainable Los Angeles by 2020, vice chancellor for research James Economou announced Tuesday. In the year […]
Ralphs renovation includes expanded produce, beer and wine selections
Students shopping at the Ralphs supermarket in Westwood this week will enter a store that has nearly doubled in size, after an expansion to the store opened last week. The 40,000-square-foot expansion will hold a bigger selection of beer, wine, produce and prepared foods, said Tim Manuel, manager of the Westwood Village Ralphs. The renovated […]