UCLA law students are reacting with frustration to the law school dean's response to a professor's xenophobic blog posts, according to a student law organization. Read more...
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April 15, 1:56 am
Student groups protest UCLA law professor Stephen Bainbridge's heated blog remarks, law school dean's written response
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April 15, 1:47 am
UCLA Professor Richard Hovannisian's 'My Last Lecture' will draw on his studies of Armenia, the land of his origins
When Professor Richard Hovannisian started learning Armenian, it looked literally like chicken scratch. Read more...
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Richard Hovannisian, an Armenian and Near Eastern history professor at UCLA, will speak on Monday as the second recipient of the My Last Lecture Award.
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April 15, 1:41 am
Scholars use tech tools to reveal texts
Instead of reading between the lines, UCLA researchers will be reading under them. Read more...
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A team of UCLA scholars and researchers have worked with the Early Manuscripts Electronic Library to study the erased layers of text in a collection of ancient manuscripts. They’ve been able to uncover previously unknown information at St. Catherine’s Monastery in Egypt.
Courtesy of Michael Phelps
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April 15, 1:39 am
Oral cancer concerns inspire new walk
As a child, Austin Hoover never thought twice about teasing his dad a little about spitting when he talked and using extra sauce during his meals. Read more...
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(From left) Adam, Austin, Wes, Aaron and Andrew Hoover will take part in UCLA’s first Walk for Oral Cancer Awareness event on Sunday morning.
Courtesy of Austin Hoover
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April 15, 1:31 am
UCLA History Professor Ghislaine Lydon's travels in Libya shed light on recent upheaval and its effect on society
As revolution broke out on the streets of Libya in late February, UCLA professor Ghislaine Lydon was in neighboring Algeria, calling and emailing friends and acquaintances from the country. Read more...
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April 14, 2:14 am
Annual Ally Week celebrates the LGBTQQIA community
Armando Huipe has an alternate personality. Her name is Charon and tonight she will be wearing a Ke$ha-inspired black and gold dress to prom. Huipe is one of the hundreds of UCLA students attending the third annual Pride Prom, an event celebrating the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community and its allies. "We see it as a kind of second chance at prom "“ this time, you get to go with the person you really wanted to go with," said Darlene Tran, third-year psychology student and recruitment chair of Gamma Rho Lambda, a lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, questioning, queer, intersexed and allied sorority for anyone who identifies herself as female. Gamma Rho Lambda is co-hosting tonight's event with Delta Lambda Phi, a fraternity for gay, bisexual and progressive men. This year's theme is "Burlesque," inspired by the eponymous movie starring Christina Aguilera. Huipe, who just finished his term as president of Delta Lambda Phi, said he attended two proms in high school. Read more...
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Members of UCLA’s Gamma Rho Lambda celebrated Pride Prom last spring. This year’s Pride Prom, happening tonight, marks the end of Ally Week.
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April 14, 2:08 am
Graduate student’s after-school program 10 GIRLS helps boost black middle school girls’ self-esteem
A group of girls clamor around Pamela Walls near the steps of the Humanities Building as she asks for their help carrying boxes of lunches. Read more...
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Middle schoolers in 10 G.I.R.L.S., a program founded by Pam Walls, a graduate student in education, visit the UCLA campus on Wednesday. Dr. Tyrone Howard, an associate professor in the graduate school of education, speaks Tuesday in Humanities.