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FeaturedSummer conferences at UCLA a pleasant surpriseGoing back to college for guests who attend one of the 100-plus conferences hosted here during the summer is a lot sweeter the second time around. They enjoy the welcoming staff, the facilities, the atmosphere and, most notably, the food. |
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Commission proposes changes in enrollment, time to degree
Questions about the proposed changes to retirement benefits?
To foster open dialogue within the UC community about the proposals concerning retirement benefits, the UC Office of the President wants your comments and questions.Faculty remain divided about online courses
Task force calls for pension, retiree health benefit changes
Climate change is here to stay – for centuries
Mark Yudof on retirement benefits
UC library officials, Nature publisher agree to work together
Representatives from the University of California and the publisher of Nature and 66 other science, academic and specialty journals met recently to discuss their mutual challenges following a public spat over a planned price hike.Campus excels in multiple rankings
Out and About
People
After Hours: The bicycle activist
UCLA staffer Ayla Stern has made bicycling a part of her life and is now working to make L.A.'s mean streets a friendlier byway for those who want to ride without fear.
American folk music's long and winding road to relevance
Sociologist William Roy, author of a new book that traces the long road to recognition for such folk classics as "We Shall Overcome," talks about how various social movements in America tried to leverage folk music for the cause of social justice.
In memoriam: UCPD Detective Carlos Franco
Carlos Franco, a UCPD officer and detective who worked at UCLA for nearly 26 years, died Saturday, August 28, after a long battle with cancer.
10 Questions for Sebastián Edwards
UCLA novelist and economist Sebastián Edwards on Venezuela, Brazil, Chile and the false promise of Populism.
Around Campus
Shanghai visit enhances UCLA's global presence
A contingent of UCLA faculty, administrators and staff traveled to Shanghai earlier this summer to create new alliances, recruit international students and reinforce ties within the Bruin community in China.
Teaching doctors compassion through art
Artists put a human face on illness through their work, and that helps UCLA medical students in the Doctoring Program at the David Geffen School of Medicine see patients in a very different light.
Joy and death mingle in a Korean tradition
Festive wooden figurines called kkoktu reflect hope for a joyful transition from life to death in a Korean funerary art exhibit at the Fowler.
Voices
Verbatim — Preschool depression, baby names and ape dating
UCLA faculty members are quoted every day in the national media on a wide range of subjects. Here is a recent selection.
Will climate change make Seattle the new L.A.?
Environmental Economist Matthew Kahn says climate change is inevitable, and it will make Seattle's future average temperature look a lot more like Los Angeles' today.
Verbatim — ADHD, stem cells and continuing education
UCLA faculty members are quoted every day in the national media on a wide range of subjects. Here is a recent selection.
Paul McCartney's memory lapses
Prof Gary Small, an expert on memory and aging, on the difficulty of telling whether "senior moments" and normal memory lapses could be a sign of worse to come.
Bedbug resurgence spurs community action
Infectious disease expert Dr. Claire Panosian Dunavan on dealing with the public health challenges of Cimex lectularius.
Value-added analysis is the wrong tool for teacher assessment
Value-added analyses focus narrowly on standardized tests. These tests give important information about student learning, but they ignore much learning that matters to students, parents and teachers.
Grading teachers on value-added measures falls short
The value-added measures being used by the Los Angeles Times to grade elementary teachers provide insufficient evidence of teacher effectiveness. Fifteen scholars in education, psychology and public affairs from UCLA and four other universities explain why.
Newspaper's grading of teachers won't improve learning
There are serious consequences to the Los Angeles Times publicizing data about 6,000 Los Angeles third- to fifth-grade teachers and grading those teachers from "least effective" to "most effective."
