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Jun 14, 2013

Letter from the chancellor: 2012-13 in review

The following letter was issued by Chancellor Gene Block on June 14.  
Jun 06, 2013

School of Nursing clinic fights spread of TB on skid row

  Each morning as the gate to fenced-in Gladys Park is unlocked, homeless men and women move in from wherever they have spent the night on downtown L.A.’s skid row. One group gathers near the portable bathroom stalls in the park; others...
Jun 04, 2013

Lessons from the 'long war' against terror in the Middle East

Ambassador Ryan Crocker identified three top priorities for U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East when he delivered the annual Bernard Brodie Distinguished Lecture on the Conditions of Peace organized by the UCLA Burkle Center for International...
May 30, 2013

Putting the science in science fiction

One of Barnett Brettler’s favorite movies while he was growing up was the sci-fi action hit "Aliens." Soldiers trying to escape from a planet infested with killer insectoid aliens — how could an imaginative boy not love that?   But...
May 28, 2013

Students do research for the public good

When Corina McIntyre signed up to become a California JusticeCorps student volunteer in 2011 through the UCLA Center for Community Learning, she was ready to hit the ground running.   “I just thought it was a fantastic opportunity to work...
May 20, 2013

Take me out to the courthouse

UCLA professor Stuart Banner teaches property law as well as the law school’s Supreme Court Clinic and has clerked for former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor. Banner is also a lifelong baseball fan, who uses cases involving...
May 20, 2013

UC student graduation rates hit a 20-year high

Despite budgetary constraints brought on by years of declining state funding, the University of California continues to outpace many of its peer institutions on critical measures of student success. UC — and UCLA in particular — ...
May 15, 2013

State of UC outlined in Yudof ‘white paper’

University of California President Mark Yudof presented the Board of Regents Wednesday a report that charted the significant changes of the past six years and offered a candid assessment of how UC is performing today.   Yudof, who will step...
May 15, 2013

Student researchers on front lines of marijuana issue

In the midst of a raging national debate on how Americans use marijuana, a team of student researchers from the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs is collecting data that could help separate marijuana fact from fiction. Led by social welfare...
May 15, 2013

Students give high marks to UC education, access to courses

University of California students remain highly satisfied with their education overall, and with their access to courses needed to graduate, according to a survey of UC undergraduates released this week.   Despite dramatic reductions in state...
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