In an effort to make up for a diminishing city budget, Westwood Village property owners will begin to self-tax themselves to provide services "“ and UCLA is planning to pitch in. Read more...
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May 5, 12:41 am
Westwood Village approves self-tax program
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April 18, 12:11 am
Volunteers for second annual Westwood Organized MEGA Project work to revitalize the streets of the Village
Crouched on the ground in the middle of Broxton Avenue, Sharon Tran put the finishing touches on a mural of the original Ralphs in Westwood Village. Read more...
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Second-years microbiology, immunology and molecular genetics student Sharon Tran and Design | Media Arts student Bonnie Chen participated in WOMP.
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April 18, 12:08 am
UCLA Professor Jonathan Stewart researches structural devastation in Japan
Shipping containers had been thrown across the dock yard, and cars were strewn across the street when Jonathan Stewart visited the Kashima port in eastern Japan in late March. Read more...
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UCLA professor Jonathan Stewart (back center), and a team of engineers traveled to Japan to understand why the structures in the area failed.
(Courtesy: Jonathan Stewart)
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April 12, 1:13 am
Evening Van Service extended south of Wilshire
Starting this week, the Community Service Officer Evening Van Service route will be extended to run south of Wilshire Boulevard to accommodate greater student demand. Read more...
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The Community Service Officer Evening Van Service will extend its route to south-of-Wilshire.
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April 4, 1:24 am
Nonprofit organization Project Vietnam Foundation helps rural villages in Vietnam with improving medical training
In American medical schools, students are required to go to psychiatric hospitals and attain clinical hands-on training, regardless of the specialty they choose. Read more...
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Trang Ho examines the teeth of a child in Vietnam. Ho volunteered with the Project Vietnam Foundation to provide medical care to impoverished villages.
(Courtesy of Trang Ho)
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April 1, 6:27 am
Browsing history: A heritage site is being set up in Boelter Hall 3420, the room the first Internet message originated in
Lo and behold! The Internet was born
April 1, 2011 – In 1969, a group of UCLA engineers sent the first-ever Internet message from UCLA to the Stanford Research Institute. Leonard Kleinrock, computer science professor and Internet technology pioneer, recounts what the message was supposed to be and what actually happened.
The room where this message was sent from is in the works to become an Internet Heritage Site and Archive. Read the full story here.
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"Lo and behold! The Internet was born"When Brad Fidler started investigating the origins of the Internet at UCLA, there was no consensus on who created the technology and where it began. Read more...
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History doctoral candidate Brad Fidler discovered that the first Internet message was sent from a room on the UCLA campus in 1969, using the Interface Message Processor shown here.
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March 29, 1:26 am
Students find mentors for career advice through StudentMentor.org
Diana Meneses didn't know what to do after she decided to become a medical social worker.
Meneses, a third-year sociology student, was at a loss for what classes to take; she knew few people in the field, and the counseling services on campus were not open during the gaps in her schedule. Read more...
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Arash Nasibi