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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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Nov 17, 2009
UC Commission on the Future hears radical funding ideas
Charging a fee to companies that hire university graduates and eliminating student fees were among the ideas the UC Commission on the Future heard at its meeting in Oakland on Nov. 12. Launched in September, the commission's goal is to...Nov 17, 2009
Mattel pediatricians offer tips on flu vaccines, healthy weight
Doctors from Mattel Children's Hospital gave advice on the H1N1 (swine flu) vaccine, along with tips for helping kids maintain a healthy weight, to UCLA staff and faculty at a Staff Assembly Learn-at-Lunch meeting on Nov. 10. "Each year,...Nov 13, 2009
Sidebar: Putting presidents' words to music
Read the main article: Lincoln inspires a return to the "great books" Exactly 146 years ago, President Abraham Lincoln delivered one of the most monumental speeches in United States history – the Gettysburg Address. President...Nov 12, 2009
UC ramps up advocacy campaign
The University of California is calling on all students, faculty, staff, alumni and friends to unite behind an aggressive push to make funding UC a state priority. With the state 2010-11 budget cycle beginning in early January, UC is stepping up...
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Nov 12, 2009
FITWELL programs highlight spiritual health
Two upcoming events hosted by the FITWELL program will focus not only on exercising the body, but on exercising the mind and spirit as well. The events' attention to alternative health practices is part of the FITWELL philosophy, said...
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Nov 10, 2009
UC searches for interned Japanese-American students to receive honorary degrees
University of California campuses are still looking for Japanese-American students who had their studies derailed by being interned during World War II. Ceremonies to award honorary degrees to the former students are set for December and spring...
