Wednesday, May 20

Hillel remembers torture victim

Students, community members and a foreign ambassador met at the Yitzhak Rabin Hillel Center of Jewish Life at UCLA on Tuesday to commemorate the life of a Jewish man whose kidnap, torture and murder in France last month has raised concerns within the Jewish community about anti-Semitism. Read more...



Students set to teach in spring

In spring quarter, a new set of seminars will give UCLA students the opportunity to study everything from peak oil to 1980s pop culture. But instead of being taught by professors, students in these seminars will be taught by their peers. Read more...




UCLA to oversee web of drug treatment centers

UCLA will be playing a part in addressing drug abuse worldwide as it begins coordinating a global network of drug abuse resource centers. The Integrated Substance Abuse Program at UCLA’s Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior has been chosen by the United Nations to coordinate and oversee an international network of drug treatment and rehabilitation centers. Read more...


Stem cell funding on trial

Putting stem cell research in California in jeopardy, the Institute of Regenerative Medicine went on trial Monday, as taxpayer groups questioned the constitutionality of Proposition 71 in state law. Read more...