Graduating students can start purchasing tickets Tuesday afternoon for the Colleges of Letters and Science main commencement ceremonies on June 13. Through MyUCLA, each graduating student can order one student ticket and four guest tickets. Read more...
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April 28, 5:38 pm
Ordering for UCLA commencement tickets to begin Tuesday afternoon
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April 28, 2:00 am
Nonresidents more likely to be admitted to UCLA than in-state students
California applicants this year had a smaller chance of receiving an acceptance letter to UCLA than nonresident applicants – a growing trend for at least the past six years. Read more...
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April 28, 1:57 am
Symposium brings community together to develop goals for LA
Members of the L.A. community gathered at Fowler Museum Friday to brainstorm ways to improve the future of the city. About 150 people attended the #UCLA2050 Symposium, which aimed to engage students, faculty and community leaders in sharing their visions for Los Angeles in the year 2050. Read more...
Photo: USAC President John Joanino speaks to attendees during the #UCLA2050 Symposium at the Fowler Museum on Friday. (Tamaryn Kong/Daily Bruin)
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April 28, 1:48 am
Relay for Life participants unite to fight cancer for daylong event
Jairo Madrigal was tired, but he did not let his first day of chemotherapy keep him from participating in this year’s Relay for Life. Madrigal, a second-year sociology student, began treatment for leukemia on Saturday, the same day as the 11th annual 24-hour fundraising event put on by Colleges Against Cancer. Read more...
Photo: Laura Kaufman (right), a third-year economics student, and Laryssa Storozuk (left), a third-year cognitive science student, talked about each of their mothers’ deaths from cancer. They said their moms are the reasons why they are both campaigning to find a cure. (Austin Yu/Daily Bruin)
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April 28, 1:45 am
Napolitano discusses UC budget, affirmative action policies with The Bruin
In an interview on Friday with the Daily Bruin's editorial board, University of California President Janet Napolitano said she will not raise tuition next year even if the state doesn't give all the funds the UC is asking for. Read more...
Photo: Janet Napolitano spoke with the Daily Bruin Editorial Board on Friday and promised to not raise tuition next year. She also discussed matters relating to divestment and the UC campus climate survey. (Brandon Choe/Daily Bruin senior staff)
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April 28, 1:41 am
Activists rally for divestment in colleges nationwide
Student activists across the country are increasingly turning to their undergraduate student governments to pressure their universities to divest from corporations linked to the Israeli government. Read more...
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April 28, 12:00 am
Watts Tutorial Program collaborates to improve playtime for adolescents
UCLA students ran, jumped and giggled as they played a variety of elementary school games on Saturday afternoon. The games were part of a workshop for the tutors of the Watts Tutorial Program, which serves low-income elementary to high school students within the Watts and William Mead areas of Los Angeles. Read more...
Photo: Members of the Watts Tutorial Program, a tutoring group that brings tutees to UCLA, received training from nonprofit Playworks on Saturday to learn how to play games without equipment. (Agnijita Kumar/Daily Bruin senior staff)