In response to a series of crimes near their homes, a group of students living in a UCLA apartment complex south of Wilshire Boulevard are asking officials to increase security measures and to consider forming a neighborhood watch. Read more...
Crime, News, Westwood
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September 28, 12:00 am
University Village apartment crimes prompt calls for increased security
Campus, News
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September 28, 12:00 am
Mentor seeks education reform to benefit underserved youth
Throughout his life, Sidney Thompson has seen students turn to gang violence because they were not given the tools to succeed by their educators. Thompson now has two goals: to recruit teachers to a UCLA graduate program specializing in underserved youth and to rewrite the way algebra is taught in schools – both to give all students a fair shot at academic success. Read more...
Photo: Sid Thompson, 83, is a volunteer mentor for the UCLA Principal Leadership Institute. The institute trains teachers in urban areas to become administrators. (Felicia Ramirez/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Campus, News
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September 28, 12:00 am
Graphic: Rising costs of living on the Hill
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News, Video
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September 28, 12:00 am
UCLA engineering department implements 3-D printers
Justin Young, a fourth-year electrical engineering student, makes his selection to print, and the device starts humming loudly as the extruders dance back and forth across the plate, adding layers of hot plastic in a calculated design. Read more...
News
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September 28, 12:00 am
Students, faculty continue to push for diversity requirement
A new diversity requirement proposal has been in the works over the past year at UCLA. Though three other proposals have failed to go into effect at the university since 1987, students and faculty have organized again to push for the initiative by holding town halls, forming committees and drafting language on the new requirement. Read more...
News, Science & Health
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September 28, 12:00 am
UCLA to launch Healthy Aging Initiative
UCLA, USC and Los Angeles County officials are collaborating to launch several pilot projects this fall with the goal of improving health resources for the aging community. Read more...
News, Science & Health
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September 28, 12:00 am
Q&A: Test prep expert explains new MCAT
Starting in April 2015, the Association of American Medical Colleges will administer a new Medical College Admission Test with changes that have stirred up questions and concerns among premedical students. Read more...