Kevin Smith is what you'd call a family man. The chief financial and compliance officer at UCLA has framed photos of his family on his desk and beams when he speaks of his two children, who are almost five and eight. Read more...
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May 23, 12:30 am
ASUCLA-run restaurants to increase food prices in June
Food prices at all campus-run restaurants will face an increase of 2.5 percent starting next month. Read more...
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Food prices at eateries run by Associated Students UCLA, such as Kerckhoff Coffeehouse, will rise 2.5 percent in mid-June. The increase is the third in three years and reflects inflation as well as rising costs.
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May 23, 12:24 am
New fund for UCLA Achievement Scholarships will aid incoming first-years and transfers
Last week UCLA announced a $20 million scholarship fund for incoming first-years and transfer students this fall. Read more...
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May 23, 12:22 am
New Rieber dining hall to feature Pan-Asian cuisine after its projected opening in fall 2011
Student taste-testers carefully balance a flatbread on their hands, trying not to spill the mildly spicy Kung Pao chicken sitting on top. Read more...
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May 20, 10:34 am
Students give their peers a taste of sustainable foods
Cage-free eggs and organic salad bars are a start, but some UCLA students are looking for more ways to make dining halls sustainable.
UCLA Dining aims to have the Hill eateries reach 20 percent sustainable dining by 2020. Read more...
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Rancher Laird Foshay talks to a group of interested students about sustainable food and grass-fed cattle.
Courtesy of Sandra Wittenberg
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May 20, 10:11 am
Project preserves union history
Jono Schaffer once sat with hundreds of fellow strikers on the curb of a bustling L.A. street. Their statement stopped cars, created traffic and prompted highway patrollers to beg the workers to leave. A member of the Service Employees International Union, Schaffer chuckles constantly in an online video while telling UCLA students of the times he went on strike. Read more...
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Union activist Victoria Marquez (left) shares her personal collection with UCLA students Jon Raissi (center) and Andrew Gomez (right).
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May 20, 10:04 am
UCLA travels to Qatar for conference
UCLA graduate student shares his feelings on attending 11th Doha Forum in Qatar
May 20, 2011 — At the 11th Doha Forum on Democracy, Development and Free Trade and Enriching the Middle East's Economic Future Conference in Qatar, a team of UCLA graduate students represented the university in facilitating discussions about the recent spring revolutions.
Political science graduate student Nathan Gonzalez attended the conference. This is his experience. [1:05]
"UCLA graduate student shares his feelings on attending 11th Doha Forum in Qatar"UCLA professors, students and administrators traveled to the Middle East to discuss the economic future of the region with a number of renowned dignitaries last week. The sixth annual Enriching the Middle East's Economic Future Conference was held in Qatar, a coastal country bordering Saudi Arabia. Read more...
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Political science Professor Steven Spiegel discusses his visit to Qatar, where he participated in a forum about the Middle East’s political and economic future. As director of the Center for Middle East Development, he also worked to organize the forum.