Monday, July 6

Report links UC and oil companies

The slippery issue over contributions from oil companies to California schools for research has intensified after a report was released that listed UC Berkeley and UC Davis among the colleges benefiting the donations. Read more...




The Hill becomes a place for childhood memories

Most students are 18 years old when they first move into the dorms, but Hana Cho was just shy of 18 months old. Read more...

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Faculty-in-residence Charlene Villaseñor Black, associate professor of art history, plays with her 11-year-old son, Joseph Green, outside Sproul Hall. Villaseñor Black has been an FIR since August of this year, and is one of 16 faculty members living on the Hill. Along with Green, there are also other children growing up at UCLA.


Conference celebrates famed steel structures

Seventeen towers have speckled the skyline of the neighborhood of Watts for the past 56 years. Read more...

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UCLA will hold a three-day conference starting Friday to honor and examine the history of the Watts Towers.
Courtesy of WATTS TOWERS ART CENTER


Council unifies business groups

Many of last year's graduating economics students did not have jobs lined up after leaving UCLA. The problem is partly the result of company recruiters not having the resources to reach out to students. Read more...