﻿<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla</link><language>en-us</language><pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate><title>Student Affairs: UCLA Newsroom</title><description /><copyright>UCLA Newsroom</copyright><generator>iPressroom.com</generator><item><author>David Chute</author><title>UCLA Theater Department presents 'A Mouthful of Birds'</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-theater-department-presents-49927.aspx?link_page_rss=49927</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-theater-department-presents-49927.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[The UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television's department of theater presents "A Mouthful of Birds," Caryl Churchill and David Lan's 1986 play-with-dance about passion, madness and female violence, which draws on themes from Euripides "The Bacchae." Directed by second-year M.F.A. student Efrain Schunior, with choreography by graduate dance student Kingsley Irons, the UCLA production is part of the department's annual theatrical season showcasing the work of faculty and students. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=33946" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>David Chute</author><title>UCLA presents annual entertainment design showcase</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/design-showcase-west-2008-49979.aspx?link_page_rss=49979</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/design-showcase-west-2008-49979.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[The sixth annual Design Showcase West at UCLA, the only national entertainment design showcase on the West Coast, will feature the work of students graduating from the nation's top university design programs. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=33916" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>David Chute</author><title>UCLA Festival 2008 celebrates student work in film and theater</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-festival-2008-celebrates-49978.aspx?link_page_rss=49978</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-festival-2008-celebrates-49978.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA["UCLA Festival 2008: New Creative Work" is an eight-day celebration of the newest work by students from the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television. The festival begins Thursday, June 5, and runs through Thursday, June 12. More than 100 films will be screened at UCLA's James Bridges Theater and other locations throughout the week.
 <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=33853" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Elizabeth Kivowitz</author><title>Lionel Richie to receive Gershwin Award at UCLA's Spring Sing</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/spring-sing-to-feature-ucla-s-49044.aspx?link_page_rss=49044</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/spring-sing-to-feature-ucla-s-49044.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Legendary singer, songwriter and producer Lionel Richie will receive the 21st annual George and Ira Gershwin Award for lifetime musical achievement at Spring Sing, UCLA's oldest and greatest musical tradition and student competition. Past recipients of the award include Quincy Jones, Stevie Wonder, Ray Charles, James Taylor, Ella Fitzgerald and Natalie Cole. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=30745" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Elizabeth Kivowitz</author><title>Students to receive humanitarian award for community service</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/young-humanitarians-win-prestige-49332.aspx?link_page_rss=49332</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/young-humanitarians-win-prestige-49332.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Three UCLA students who have distinguished themselves through their outstanding commitment to public service will be honored May 7 with the 2008 UCLA Charles E. Young Humanitarian Award at a private ceremony for friends and family. The event will take place at 3:30 p.m. in the Charles Young Grand Salon at UCLA's Kerckhoff Hall. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=30859" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Claudia Luther</author><title>Admissions data show high academics for admitted students</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-admissions-data-show-high-48543.aspx?link_page_rss=48543</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-admissions-data-show-high-48543.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[UCLA, the most popular campus in the nation, with 55,397 freshman applicants, announced that it had admitted 12,579 prospective freshmen for fall 2008. Of these, 18.1 percent, or 2,164, were underrepresented minorities. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=27767" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 14 Apr 2008 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Susanna Park</author><title>UCLA Anderson hosts global business leadership competition</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/leadership-talent-cultivated-at-48067.aspx?link_page_rss=48067</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/leadership-talent-cultivated-at-48067.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[M.B.A. students from the world's top management schools will go head to head on April 11 and 12 at the UCLA Anderson School of Management's inaugural Global Business Leadership Competition (GBLC), a unique forum designed to foster leadership thiking in today's global economy. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=26734" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 07 Apr 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>David Chute</author><title>UCLA offers summer youth program in performing, media arts</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-school-of-theater-film-and-47031.aspx?link_page_rss=47031</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-school-of-theater-film-and-47031.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[More than a thousand high school and college students from the United States and around the world will take up residence on the UCLA campus this summer as part of the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television's Arts Camp/Workshops. Now in its seventh season, the celebrated program, which runs from June 22 to August 8, offers students one to three weeks of intensive study in the performing and media arts. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=23828" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 21 Mar 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Elaine Schmidt</author><title>UCLA med students brace for news at residency 'Match Day'</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-match-day-47063.aspx?link_page_rss=47063</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-match-day-47063.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Match Day, March 20, is the fun and frenzied day on which medical students nationwide learn which hospitals have accepted them for residencies &#151; advanced training in their chosen specialty. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=23349" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 19 Mar 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Elizabeth Kivowitz</author><title>Bruins set to make dance marathon a million-dollar success</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/super-driven-bruins-make-dance-45145.aspx?link_page_rss=45145</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/super-driven-bruins-make-dance-45145.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Over Presidents Day weekend, Dance Marathon at UCLA will officially surpass the $1 million mark for funds raised for pediatric AIDS. Now in its seventh year, the annual event draws students, faculty, staff and their supporters to UCLA's Ackerman Union, which is temporarily transformed into an all-night dance hall for the 26-hour marathon. 
 <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=17304" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2008 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Claudia Luther</author><title>UCLA tops nation again, with more than 55,000 freshman applicants</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-again-tops-the-nation-in-43872.aspx?link_page_rss=43872</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-again-tops-the-nation-in-43872.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Applications for freshman enrollment at UCLA jumped by more than 9 percent for fall 2008, with a record 55,369 applications received, making UCLA once again the most popular university in the country among new high school graduates. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=14622" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 29 Jan 2008 18:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Elizabeth Kivowitz</author><title>Students prep for Super Tuesday with parties, mock election</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-students-gear-up-for-super-43728.aspx?link_page_rss=43728</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-students-gear-up-for-super-43728.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[On the UCLA campus, politically active Bruins are working to engage the entire student body in the political process. Activities include a campus-wide mock election, Republican and Democratic debate-watching parties, drives to get students to pledge to vote in the primary, and results-watching parties on February 5, Super Tuesday. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=14410" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2008 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Kathy Wyer</author><title>Survey finds most college freshmen satisfied with parent involvement</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/xx-42995.aspx?link_page_rss=42995</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/xx-42995.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[While college officials nationwide have seen an increase in parents who are heavily involved in the college experiences of their children, a strong majority of today's college freshmen believe that their parents are involved "the right amount," according to UCLA's annual survey of the nation's entering undergraduates. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=14257" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2008 19:43:45 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Teri Bond</author><title>Bruins make an impact at Sundance Film Festival in Park City</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-at-sundance-43595.aspx?link_page_rss=43595</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-at-sundance-43595.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[A wide range of films made by Bruins are screening in Park City, Utah this week during the Sundance and Slamdance film festivals. Faculty and staff from the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television are bearing the chilly weather to support students and alumni presenting their latest works. Interviews, photographs and video are online at the UCLA Magazine Web site. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=13819" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 22 Jan 2008 03:55:48 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Students undergo 'significant' spiritual growth in college years</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/spirituality-42478.aspx?link_page_rss=42478</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/spirituality-42478.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[While their attendance at religious services declines, college students nationwide show significant growth in a wide spectrum of spiritual and ethical considerations during their first three years of 
college, according to a UCLA study that is the first longitudinal research project of its kind. &#147;Many students are emerging from the collegiate experience with a desire to find spiritual 
meaning and perspective in their everyday lives,&#148; said UCLA Emeritus Professor Alexander W. Astin.
 <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=6664" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2007 01:19:57 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>UCLA Media Relations</author><title>World AIDS Day</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/world-aids-day-40675.aspx?link_page_rss=40675</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/world-aids-day-40675.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Continuing a tradition started in 2004, thousands of students will mark World AIDS Day at UCLA on Friday. Events include a morning procession, noon rally and evening programs of music, spoken word, dance, theatre, visual art, and video. The AIDS virus was identified by researchers at UCLA more than 25 years ago.
 <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=5145" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 30 Nov 2007 01:14:14 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Elizabeth Kivowitz</author><title>UCLA holds Beat 'SC parade, rally and bonfire Nov. 29</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/beat-sc-parade-rally-and-bonfire-40543.aspx?link_page_rss=40543</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/beat-sc-parade-rally-and-bonfire-40543.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Thousands of Bruins and Bruin fans, joined by the UCLA Spirit Squad and the Bruin Marching Band, will parade through the UCLA campus to Wilson Plaza for the traditional Beat 'SC rally and bonfire. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=4758" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 26 Nov 2007 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>UCLA Media Relations</author><title>Law grad passes California's tough bar exam on first try - at 18</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/law-grad-passes-bar-at-18-40531.aspx?link_page_rss=40531</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/law-grad-passes-bar-at-18-40531.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Kathleen Holtz graduated from the UCLA School of Law this year at age 18. Now she has achieved another milestone by passing the notoriously rigorous California bar exam on the her first try. Already working on trials at a Century City law firm, once admitted to the bar she will become the youngest lawyer in California and possibly the youngest in the nation. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=4243" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 20 Nov 2007 22:12:51 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Elizabeth Kivowitz</author><title>UCLA ranked in top 10 for numbers of foreign students and studies abroad</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-one-of-top-schools-for-foreign-40353.aspx?link_page_rss=40353</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-one-of-top-schools-for-foreign-40353.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[In a new nationwide report, UCLA ranked eighth in the number of foreign students it hosted during the 2006&#150;07 academic year and was seventh in the number of students who traveled abroad to study during 2005&#150;06. UCLA was the only University of California campus listed in the top 10 in both categories. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=3425" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 15 Nov 2007 20:51:16 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Elizabeth Kivowitz</author><title>Death of Bruin soldier in Iraq inspires campus memorial</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/death-of-bruin-soldier-in-iraq-40239.aspx?link_page_rss=40239</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/death-of-bruin-soldier-in-iraq-40239.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[On Friday, Nov. 9, the UCLA departments of aerospace studies, military science and naval science will honor those UCLA ROTC graduates and UCLA alumni, faculty and staff who have died while on active duty in our country's wars by dedicating a plaque at the north side of the UCLA Student Activities Center. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=1682" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Nov 2007 18:39:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Elizabeth Kivowitz</author><title>Proposition 209 pioneer to discuss affirmative action Nov. 5</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/prop-209-pioneer-ward-connerly-40165.aspx?link_page_rss=40165</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/prop-209-pioneer-ward-connerly-40165.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[On the 11th anniversary of the implementation of California's Proposition 209, chairman of the American Civil Rights Institute and former University of California regent Ward Connerly will join UCLA law professor Richard Sander and former chairman of the board of the Ayn Rand Institute Peter Schwartz for a panel discussion on affirmative action. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=772" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Nov 2007 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Liz Kivowitz</author><title>Inner-city kids visit dorms for safe trick-or-treating Oct. 24</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/trick-or-treat-ucla-residence-39660.aspx?link_page_rss=39660</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/trick-or-treat-ucla-residence-39660.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[As part of UCLA's 19th annual "All Hill Halloween," campus residence halls will host more than 3,000 underprivileged kids for trick-or-treating and other Halloween activities.
 <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=238" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 19 Oct 2007 20:12:46 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Kathleen Wyer</author><title>More Asian Americans meeting obstacles to academic success</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/counter-to-popular-belief-majority-39558.aspx?link_page_rss=39558</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/counter-to-popular-belief-majority-39558.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Collectively, more Asian American college and university students are experiencing obstacles to academic success in U.S. higher education than in the past, according to a new UCLA report. 
 
More Asian American students now... <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=7" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 10 Oct 2007 22:34:02 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Kevin Roderick</author><title>Chancellor greets students</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/chancellor-greets-students-39531.aspx?link_page_rss=39531</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/chancellor-greets-students-39531.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Chancellor Gene Block greeted students moving into residence halls on The Hill. He gave his business card to Freshman Albert Hu, who didn't recognize the new campus leader.  <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=239" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 05 Oct 2007 00:15:01 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Letisia Marquez</author><title>Bunche Center Hosts Welcome for New African-American Students</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/bunche-center-hosts-welcome-for-39503.aspx?link_page_rss=39503</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/bunche-center-hosts-welcome-for-39503.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[WHAT: The Ralph J. Bunche Center for African American Studies will hold the 

2007 Black Convocation, which is the center&#146;s official welcome event for

UCLA&#146;s black freshman, students, faculty and staff. This year&#146;s event is

significant because the... <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=240" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 03 Oct 2007 21:51:12 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Stuart Wolpert</author><title>Science students will do research in labs</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/UCLA-Science-Students-in-Pilot-8231.aspx?link_page_rss=39372</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/UCLA-Science-Students-in-Pilot-8231.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[

The college educational experience is being redefined by a new federal pilot program in which UCLA is participating. Instead of sitting in lecture classes and reading textbooks, UCLA life sciences undergraduates will conduct new research in laboratory... <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=241" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 20 Sep 2007 23:56:14 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Shaena Engle</author><title>Foundation supports LAUSD educational leadership training</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/Pearson-Foundation-Provides-Fellowship-8216.aspx?link_page_rss=39357</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/Pearson-Foundation-Provides-Fellowship-8216.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[The Pearson Foundation has made a $50,000 gift in support of fellowships for education professionals from Los Angeles public schools to attend the UCLA Graduate School of Education & Information Studies' Educational Leadership Program. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=242" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 14 Sep 2007 19:50:12 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>