While playing games and participating in hands-on activities, children of UCLA-affiliated staff, faculty and students learn independence and social skills at UCLA's early child care and education centers. Read more...
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May 3, 10:39 pm
Study shows preschool and teaching methods used by UCLA child care centers can better prepare children for kindergarten
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May 3, 10:38 pm
Student activism of the ’60s and ’70s has evolved into pragmatic lobbying movements and advocacy through social media
Forty years ago, Kent State University went from a virtually anonymous Midwestern college campus to the infamous university at which four students were shot and killed while protesting the United States' invasion of Cambodia. Read more...
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April 29, 10:46 pm
UC students lobby Sacramento on public higher education
While his classmates were in lecture on Tuesday, Jesse Cheng was in Sacramento fighting for their right to be in class. Read more...
Photo: As a part of Intersegmental Advocacy Day on April 27 in Sacramento, Peach Kositsawat, a student at UC Irvine, speaks to the media.
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April 29, 10:46 pm
Up in the air: Acrobatic community at UCLA hopes to call John Wooden Center its home
Andrew Blankfield hoists himself up onto the white ply rope. Using his toes as grips, he climbs with the dexterity of a spider monkey toward the top, pausing to flip upside down and wrap the rope in multiple loops around his waist and thighs. Read more...
Photo: First-year math student Andrew Blankfield practices aerials by hanging upside down from the Straus Clubhouse. Aerials and acrobatics have become popular throughout UCLA, and on-campus interest has led to demand for a safe acrobatics class at the John Wooden Center.
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April 29, 10:43 pm
For Armenian community, time doesn’t heal a genocide’s wounds
On a chilly Tuesday evening, UCLA alumna Soseh Keshishyan stood before a group gathered on the steps of Burbank City Hall and sang "The Star-Spangled Banner" and "Mer Hayrenik," the national anthem of the Republic of Armenia. Read more...
Photo: Observers at a rally in Burbank commemorate the 95th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide on Tuesday.
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April 29, 10:42 pm
Hedrick Hall 5 South wins 2010 ORL College Bowl
Questions about Egyptian politicians, Greek philosophers, obscure cathedrals and organic molecules were thrown out to four teams who battled against a ticking clock to deliver correct answers in time. Read more...
Photo: Team Hedrick 5 South, consisting of first-years Michael McGalliard, Jeff Scott, Brian O’Neil, Meljon Salazar, James Elton Orbein Schafer and Jacob Ruffman, deliberate over an answer during the College Bowl. Hedrick 5 South went on to win the final round.
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April 29, 10:39 pm
Undergraduate Student Initiated Education program allows students to teach their own classes
Eric Kim, a fourth-year sociology student, updates his Facebook status every two hours and creates false personas in chat rooms "“ not for pleasure, but to teach. Read more...



