Shortly after arriving in China earlier this month, history Professor Eric Altice found himself trying to get his cleaning lady to stop teaching him how to use an ironing board and instead tell him the Chinese word for it. Read more...
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Geography Professor Justin Zackey created a UCLA program that teaches social sciences courses to high school students in China.
Courtesy of JUSTIN ZACKEY
February 17, 2011 – In 2009, the stimulus bill poured 30 billion dollars into financial aid for college students. However, as these funds dry up, some worry higher education will be out of reach for many students by 2011. [2:02]
"Students face financial worries as Smart Grant is slated to end in 2011"Students attending the 2013 summer session will see their federal Pell Grants dry up if President Barack Obama's budget proposal passes in Congress. Read more...
Octavio Pescador has constantly preached the importance of active community engagement to his students. Read more...
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Octavio Pescador (right), who is running for the Los Angeles Community College District Board of Trustees, shakes hands with Linda Tong, the current LACCD Student Trustee.
The election is March 8.
Courtesy of Jonathan Bash
It is sundown in a rural region of south India.
As night descends on a small village, a woman in a tattered sari sets fire to a composition of dung and firewood. Read more...
Open your eyes "“ and your ears "“ because the creator of "Robot Unicorn Attack" is visiting UCLA later this week.
Scott Stoddard, the designer, will talk about the game's inspiration Thursday and host a workshop at the UCLA Game Lab Friday.
"Robot Unicorn Attack" was released online in February 2010. Read more...
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Scott Stoddard
Undergraduate student government closed a portion of its weekly meeting to reporters for the first time in the academic year. Read more...
In a country that prides itself on being at the forefront of new technology, it is a wonder that police officers, firefighters and paramedics still largely rely on the good old-fashioned walkie-talkie. Indeed, the average college student's smartphone is many times more advanced than the technology used by the people called upon in an emergency. To fix this, Raytheon Company and the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science have partnered to create the UCLA Center for Public Safety and Network Systems. Raytheon, a company that specializes in military weapons and missiles, has given UCLA $1 million to begin research in communications. Read more...
