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Nov 20, 2009
UC seeking $913 million increase in state funding
Seeking to restore funding cuts that have led to furloughs and fee increases, the University of California will advocate for a $913 million increase in its allocation from the state as part of a budget plan for fiscal year 2010-11 to be presented to...Nov 20, 2009
10 questions: Mike Rose, expert on K-12 schools
Mike Rose, an award-winning author and celebrated professor at the Graduate School of Education & Information Studies, asks Americans to reflect on the purposes of public education in his new book, "Why School: Reclaiming Education for All of...Nov 19, 2009
Verbatim — space telescope, Obama in China, human language genes and breast cancer
The UCLA faculty is quoted every day in the national media on a wide range of topical subjects. Here is a recent...Nov 19, 2009
UC to help reopen South L.A.'s MLK hospital
Los Angeles County Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas addresses the media after the UC regents approved a UC-county partnership to reopen Martin Luther King Jr. Hospital. Regent William De La Peña and Chancellor Gene Block appear in...Nov 19, 2009
Campus groups working with L.A. children, youth join forces
Scores of campus organizations that deliver UCLA services to children and youth in Los Angeles-area schools came together recently to connect and collaborate. Bruin Corps, the UCLA Volunteer Center, the Latin American Institute and Mattel...Nov 19, 2009
Block warns of challenges ahead for student diversity
UCLA has come a long way from 2006 when enrollment of 100 African American freshmen was at a 30-year low, Chancellor Gene Block told the UC regents during a Nov. 18 meeting at Covel Commons. Over the last three years, UCLA has managed to double that...Nov 18, 2009
L.A.'s Latinos, African Americans share 'dismal' quality of life
Latino and African-American residents of the Los Angeles metro area have more in common than they may think, suggests a new policy brief from UCLA’s Chicano Studies Research Center. On key quality-of-life measures, both groups lag...
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Nov 18, 2009
Reading between the lines: Legislature's fiscal advisers endorse privatizing UC
Daniel J.B. Mitchell is professor emeritus in the UCLA Anderson School of Management and the School of Public Affairs. Undoubtedly, you will have seen headlines about a recent report from the Legislative Analyst’s Office (LAO)...Nov 18, 2009
Holiday season's the time to help those in need
Every year, numerous UCLA departments invite the campus community to join them in making the holidays happier for many throughout Los Angeles. Here are some opportunities to get involved: Holiday Toy Drive Being hospitalized can be...Nov 17, 2009
UC-wide institute to address global health woes
Patricia Conrad has studied sick cattle in Africa, discovered a parasitic killer of California sea otters and stared down a charging rhino. But now she is undertaking what could be her boldest adventure yet: helping start the new...
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