A bill intended to help community colleges cope with budget restrictions by changing how their courses are structured is making its way through California Senate committees and will soon be up for a vote in the Senate. Read more...
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May 31, 1:03 am
Senate Bill 1550 proposes pilot program that charges higher fees to help offset community college cuts
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May 31, 1:02 am
Court denies request to speed up appeals process for Defense of Marriage Act
The appeals process for the Defense of Marriage Act will take place in September, as planned, after a federal appeals court denied a request to speed up the judicial process last week. Read more...
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May 31, 1:01 am
UCLA alumnus and community leader John Caldwell dies
John Caldwell, UCLA alumnus, Los Angeles attorney and longtime leader in the UCLA Black Alumni Association, died May 18 of cardiac arrest at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, after fighting kidney failure since August. He was 52. Read more...
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John Caldwell
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May 30, 1:13 am
UCLA world arts and cultures/dance major to become two separate undergraduate degrees
Beginning this fall, the world arts and cultures/dance major will be split into two separate undergraduate degrees. Read more...
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May 30, 1:09 am
UCLA BEAM engineers hands-on mentorship for young students
Alex Baker carefully took three LEGO Mindstorms robots out of a large black bag and set them down on the table one by one. Read more...
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Second-year chemical engineering student Serena Shanbhag (left) and fourth-year mechanical engineering student Alex Baker (right) teach elementary school students at Aspire Firestone Academy in south Los Angeles how to program robots made from LEGOs through UCLA student group BEAM.
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May 30, 1:07 am
“˜Rampture’ will shut down 405 Freeway exits at Wilshire Boulevard starting June 22
Some UCLA students are already preparing for freeway closures beginning in June that will increase travel times to and from campus. Read more...
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May 29, 2:53 am
UCLA offers first facial reconstruction program to patients in West Coast
To aid patients with severe facial abnormalities, the UCLA Health System launched a face transplantation program last week "“ the first in the western United States. Read more...
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Patients will undergo facial reconstruction in new UCLA Health System program.
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