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May 17, 2013
Student researchers on front lines of marijuana issue
In the midst of a raging national debate on how Americans use marijuana, a team of student researchers from the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs is collecting data that could help separate marijuana fact from fiction.
May 17, 2013
UCLA students plan to rock Pauley
Spring Sing's relocation to Pauley Pavilion from the Los Angeles Tennis Center increases audience capacity by almost 20 percent and production capabilities by far more. "We’ve sold more tickets so far than the Alumni Association has ever sold," says executive director Turner Pope.
May 06, 2013
UCLA marching band gets some 'Satisfaction' opening for the Rolling Stones
Mick Jagger has been lamenting for 47 years that he "can't get no satisfaction." On a star-studded Friday night, the UCLA Bruin Marching Band got plenty from 19,000 rabid Rolling Stones fans on hand for the opening night of the Stones' "50 & Counting" tour at the Staples Center arena in Los Angeles.
April 23, 2013
UCLA community honors victims of Boston Marathon bombings
March 26, 2013
Newly admitted freshmen a-twitter with excitement
Twitter has been a flurry of ecstatic tweets as high school seniors across the nation learn if they've been admitted to UCLA’s fall 2013 freshman class.
March 15, 2013
College is more than a 'return on investment'
March 13, 2013
Students bring water to Guatemalan town
Engineers Without Borders, a student group at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science, has taken on the mission of providing a community in Guatemala with a reliable source of clean, potable water.
March 08, 2013
Updated: Campus police arrest student following party
A UCLA student has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder of an acquaintance following a party where alcohol was available, campus police said.
March 05, 2013
Time management
Soccer defender Joe Sofia has the highest cumulative GPA among current UCLA athletes. "I don’t value academics over soccer, or soccer over academics; I work very hard to balance them equally."
February 21, 2013
Film student prepares for his Oscars debut
Twenty years ago, Tatenda Mbudzi was a young boy who delighted in watching even the tiniest bit of American cartoons from his home in Zimbabwe. Today, he is a UCLA master’s student in the School of Theater, Film and Television’s highly competitive Producer’s Program and will be rubbing shoulders with some of the biggest names in Hollywood as he takes to the stage Sunday at the 85th annual Academy Awards.
