While growing up in rural New Hampshire, Carolyn Crow would gaze in wonder at the stars and planets in the night sky. Today, the UCLA graduate student's work with planetary colors may provide insight into planets outside our solar system and could lead to the discovery of other planets like Earth. As an undergraduate at the University of Maryland, Crow worked with her adviser, Dr. Lucy McFadden, to devise a method to distinguish Earth from other planets in the solar system based on color. The method involves plotting the colors of the planets on a "color-color space diagram," Crow said. On her color-color diagram, planets are separated into groups based on the colors their surfaces and atmospheres reflect. Read more...
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November 17, 12:59 am
Diagram measures planetary colors, may help investigate Earth-like planets through light
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November 16, 2:38 am
Britain plans to triple student fees
With California students and politicians gearing up for another battle over university fee increases, opponents of higher student fees can be glad they do not live in London. Read more...
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November 16, 2:37 am
Supreme Court upholds AB 540
The California Supreme Court upheld AB 540 on Monday, allowing some nonresident students to pay in-state student fees for California public colleges and universities. Read more...
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November 16, 2:35 am
Professor takes students on ‘Philosophy Walk’
Not all classes at UCLA are taught indoors.
Every week, the students in Professor Brian Walker's "Introduction to Political Theory" honors section, dubbed "Philosophy Walk," trek on average a mile and a half around either the campus or Westwood Village while discussing the core values of the humanist tradition. Read more...
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Professor Brian Walker takes his political theory class on walks around campus and Westwood Village to discuss class readings in a nontraditional setting.
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November 16, 2:33 am
Regents’ last meeting of year to be at UCSF
For the first time in at least 10 years, the UC Board of Regents will round out a year of meetings without a single appearance at a UC undergraduate campus. Read more...
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November 16, 2:32 am
Anderson considers self-sufficiency
As the UCLA Anderson School of Management prepares to move toward financial self-sufficiency from the state, the school held a town hall meeting with students and faculty on Monday to discuss final pros and cons of the proposal. Read more...
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Anderson School Professor Avanidhar Subrahmanyam discusses the benefits and disadvantages of privatizing Anderson at a town hall meeting on Monday.
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November 15, 1:36 am
Republicans unlikely to pass DREAM Act in lame duck session
On the heels of an extensive Republican victory in the midterm election, there is little hope that a pathway to citizenship for undocumented students will be approved in the near future, two UCLA professors said. The Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors Act would provide undocumented students who complete high school an opportunity to obtain citizenship. Read more...