May 17, 2012 – Many things have been lost in Afghanistan over the course of a decade of war, but traditional music is not one of them. That is thanks in part to a group of people working to preserve it at the Fowler Museum.

The museum holds a monthly world music event in conjunction with existing exhibits, and April was the month to showcase the sounds of Afghanistan.

The event featured Afghan-American musician Ariana Delawari, who has been traveling back and forth between Afghanistan and Los Angeles for a decade.

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In a study published in February by Dr. Itzhak Fried, postdoctoral fellow Nanthia Suthana and their colleagues, they discovered that deep brain stimulation (DBS) might have the ability to improve the memory of individuals suffering from memory-impairing ailments. Deep brain stimulation is the process of implanting electrodes in a patient's brain during their time spent in the hospital for epilepsy treatment. Dr. Hugh T. Blair, UCLA associate professor of behavioral neuroscience, explains that deep brain stimulation is just starting down the path toward fixing impaired memory, but there is still a long way to go.

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May 4, 2012 – The Ten Thousand is this year's closing act in Spring Sing, UCLA's annual talent showcase. The band has been playing together for about a year, and their sound has yet to be completely formed. Get to know the bandmates, find out about what direction the band wants to go in musically and hear some of Westwood's own original music.

The Band:
Kevin Daye (UCLA alumnus, philosophy) – Lead Vocals, Guitarist, Harmonica
Dylan Robin (third-year, psychology) – Vocals, Lead Guitar
Garrett Harney (graduating third-year, psychology) – Drums
Satoru Yamamoto (first-year, geospatial studies/comparative literature) – Keyboard, Vocals
Nathan Kersey-Wilson (third-year, ethnomusicology) – Bass Guitar, Flute, Vocals

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May 3, 2012 – Courtney Randall, a second-year psychology student at UCLA and last year's Spring Sing winner is not the typical rock star. You won't find her boasting a huge ego or showing up hours late to concerts. She is a talented and dedicated singer attempting to kick off a career in music, and with the help of her manager, she just might do so.

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Apr. 13, 2012 – The UCLA Philharmonia, an orchestra of music students here at UCLA, had its seventh annual All-Star Concert last night. The concert included eight performances by soloists who were accompanied by an orchestra. The soloists were chosen from a competition held in fall quarter in which they performed the same pieces they prepared for last night.

First-year Doctor of Musical Arts student Ryan Dudenbostel and third-year DMA student Jorge Uzcategui each conducted two of the performances. The concert featured the talents of 11 students from the Herb Alpert School of Music who won the fall competition.

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Apr. 11, 2012 – Digital humanities is being championed as the "next big thing" in education. UCLA is one of the first universities in the nation to have an approved digital humanities curriculum, with schools such as USC, Harvard and Stanford following closely behind. Digital humanities is trying to bridge the divide between North and South campus by using South Campus tools such as visual mapping and data mining on traditionally North Campus subjects such as history and literature.

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