UCLA and dozens of other state universities applied this week to the state’s Awards for Innovation in Higher Education, which will appropriate a total of $50 million to schools that have made efforts to meet the governor’s higher education priorities. Read more...
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January 9, 10:01 am
UCLA applies to Awards for Innovation in Higher Education
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January 9, 9:55 am
3 instruments reported stolen from UCLA Department of Ethnomusicology
Three rare instruments were reported stolen from a display case in the UCLA Department of Ethnomusicology over winter break. The instruments, a Saraswati vina from South India, a kora from West Africa and a prima balalaika from Russia, were reported stolen Dec. Read more...
Photo: A prima balalaika from Russia was among three instruments reported missing from the UCLA Department of Ethnomusicology during winter break. (UCLA Department of Ethnomusicology)
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January 9, 9:53 am
UCLA’s consumer electronics show panels discuss future of technology
One device, a digital speaker assistant, listens to the sounds in a home all day, collecting information for Amazon to personalize each marketing experience. Other gadgets are worn on the body and track fitness or surf the Web while storing personal data. Read more...
Photo: MBA student Jacob Bluhm finishes a demonstration of the Oculus Rift virtual reality headset at this year’s CES at Anderson event. (Daniel Alcazar/Daily Bruin)
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January 9, 9:52 am
Obituary: Former dean of UCLA’s school of education noted for reforms
John Goodlad, an influential professor, researcher and former dean of UCLA’s Graduate School of Education and Information Studies, died of cancer on Nov. 29 in Seattle. Read more...
Photo: John Goodlad, a former dean of the UCLA’s Graduate School of Education and Information Studies, died of cancer in Seattle on Nov. 29. (Courtesy of Paula McMannon)
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January 9, 9:50 am
Obituary: UCLA alumnus, journalist remembered for activism
Leland L. Nichols, a UCLA alumnus, former journalist and gay rights activist who acted as a mentor to many, died Dec. 14 in San Pablo from congestive heart failur. Read more...
Photo: Leland L. Nichols, a UCLA alumnus, former journalist and gay rights activist, died Dec. 14 from congestive heart failure. (Courtesy of Laurie Hensley)
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January 8, 2:13 am
UCLA alumnus donates $2.5M to fund Engineering VI laboratory
UCLA alumnus Mukund Padmanabhan recently donated $2.5 million to fund a laboratory in his name in the new Engineering VI building. The laboratory will focus on semiconductor systems, according to a UCLA press release. Read more...
Photo: UCLA alumnus Mukund Padmanabhan recently donated $2.5 million to fund a laboratory in his name in the new Engineering VI building. (Courtesy of UCLA Newsroom)
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January 8, 1:49 am
UCLA’s online graduate engineering program ranked No. 1
The UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science was ranked first in the country in the third annual U.S. News and World Report online graduate engineering program rankings released Wednesday. Read more...