<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" ><channel><atom:link href="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/student-affairs-rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla</link><language>en-us</language><pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 22:29:59 GMT</pubDate><title>Student Affairs: UCLA Newsroom</title><description /><copyright>UCLA Newsroom</copyright><generator>iPressroom.com</generator><item><title>Student researchers on front lines of marijuana issue</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/student-researchers-on-front-lines-246102.aspx</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/student-researchers-on-front-lines-246102.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[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. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=706244" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 22:29:59 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>UCLA students plan to rock Pauley</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/ucla-students-plan-to-rock-pauley-246144.aspx</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/ucla-students-plan-to-rock-pauley-246144.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[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. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=706239" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 22:18:42 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Stuart Wolpert</author><title>UCLA math students place third in prestigious North American competition</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-s-student-math-team-is-3-246022.aspx?link_page_rss=246022</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-s-student-math-team-is-3-246022.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Led by two students finishing in the top 20, the team earns UCLA's best finish in the Putnam Competition since 1968. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=706197" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 22:12:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Cynthia Lee</author><title>UCLA marching band gets some 'Satisfaction' opening for the Rolling Stones</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-marching-band-gets-some-satisfaction-245852.aspx?link_page_rss=245852</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-marching-band-gets-some-satisfaction-245852.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[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. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=705883" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2013 20:35:34 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Rebecca Kendall</author><title>UCLA community honors victims of Boston Marathon bombings</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-community-honors-victims-245484.aspx?link_page_rss=245484</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-community-honors-victims-245484.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA["An event like this shows how involved UCLA is with things that span beyond this campus," said a student participaing in the activities, which included a campus walk and blood drive. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=705527" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2013 22:48:07 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Stuart Wolpert</author><title>Army veteran, a UCLA student, teaches class on combat and military life</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-army-veteran-a-student-to-244663.aspx?link_page_rss=244663</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-army-veteran-a-student-to-244663.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA["I thought undergraduates who never served should have some idea what it's like so they can think about veterans' issues in a more nuanced way," psychology major Andrew Nicholls says.
 <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=705000" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 05 Apr 2013 16:30:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Elaine Schmidt</author><title>UCLA co-hosts first health conference for LGBT students</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-co-hosts-first-health-conference-244930.aspx?link_page_rss=244930</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-co-hosts-first-health-conference-244930.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Students from UCLA's David Geffen School of Medicine and Fielding School of Public Health helped organize the event, which runs from April 5 to 7. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=704920" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 03 Apr 2013 21:26:09 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Newly admitted freshmen a-twitter with excitement</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/freshman-admits-a-twitter-with-244509.aspx</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/freshman-admits-a-twitter-with-244509.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[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. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=704692" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 26 Mar 2013 19:07:38 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Gene Block</author><title>College is more than a 'return on investment'</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/college-is-more-than-a-return-244242.aspx?link_page_rss=244242</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/college-is-more-than-a-return-244242.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[This op-ed by UCLA Chancellor Gene Block was published March 14 in the Washington Post.
 <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=704349" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 15 Mar 2013 16:11:10 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Students bring water to Guatemalan town</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/engineers-without-borders-244034.aspx</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/engineers-without-borders-244034.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[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. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=704288" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 13 Mar 2013 22:14:22 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>UCLA Newsroom</author><title>Updated: Campus police arrest student following party</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/campus-police-arrest-student-following-244087.aspx?link_page_rss=244087</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/campus-police-arrest-student-following-244087.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[A UCLA student has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder of an acquaintance following a party where alcohol was available, campus police said. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=704205" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 09 Mar 2013 04:11:57 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Time management</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/ucla-communications-major-keeps-243960.aspx</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/ucla-communications-major-keeps-243960.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[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." <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=704076" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 06 Mar 2013 01:12:35 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Film student prepares for his Oscars debut</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/film-student-prepares-for-oscar-243697.aspx</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/film-student-prepares-for-oscar-243697.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[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. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=703703" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2013 02:09:42 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>UCLA students dance ′til dawn, raise millions for pediatric AIDS</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/ucla-students-dance-til-dawn-raise-243523.aspx</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/ucla-students-dance-til-dawn-raise-243523.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Dance Marathon is in its 12th year of busting moves for pediatric AIDS – 26 hours of moves. On Feb. 16 at 11 a.m., the dancing will commence for hundreds of students in Ackerman Grand Ballroom, and it won’t stop until 1 p.m. the next day. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=703611" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2013 19:44:14 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Bruins make a difference for children with hair loss</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/bruins-make-a-difference-for-children-243329.aspx</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/bruins-make-a-difference-for-children-243329.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[More than 200 Bruins and members of the UCLA community dropped in for free haircuts Thursday to donate their tresses to make children's wigs. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=703338" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 08 Feb 2013 00:37:52 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Current NFL player returns to classes at UCLA</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/maurice-jones-drew-back-to-school-242898.aspx</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/maurice-jones-drew-back-to-school-242898.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Maurice Jones-Drew, a running back for the Jacksonville Jaguars, left UCLA after his junior year for the NFL draft. Now he is back on campus to complete more classes toward his degree. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=703081" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2013 19:23:13 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>The techiest playground in school: UCLA’s Technology Sandbox</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/the-techiest-playground-in-school-242743.aspx</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/the-techiest-playground-in-school-242743.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[The Technology Sandbox, arguably the most collaborative space on campus at UCLA, is where visionary ideas for major digital projects become reality. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=702730" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 19 Jan 2013 00:00:13 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Ricardo Vazquez</author><title>UCLA sets new undergraduate applications record</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-sets-new-undergraduate-applications-242778.aspx?link_page_rss=242778</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-sets-new-undergraduate-applications-242778.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[With nearly 100,000 applicants seeking admission for 2013, UCLA remains the most applied-to university in the country, drawing exceptionally talented students from California and beyond.
 <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=702715" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 18 Jan 2013 17:10:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Shilo Munk</author><title>Jazz legends Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter named UCLA professors</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/jazz-legends-herbie-hancock-wayne-242396.aspx?link_page_rss=242396</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/jazz-legends-herbie-hancock-wayne-242396.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA["The mentoring experience will be profound for us," said Hancock of his and Shorter's new role instructing jazz performance students at the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=702328" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jan 2013 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Holidays on the residence hill at UCLA</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/winter-break-on-the-hill-242053.aspx</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/winter-break-on-the-hill-242053.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Two hundred students who can't go home for the holidays are able to stay on campus thanks to a program that provides group activities and excursions. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=702017" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 21 Dec 2012 01:23:16 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Holiday Bowl student tickets discounted thanks to donors</title><link>http://www.uclabruins.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/120612aae.html</link><guid>http://www.uclabruins.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/120612aae.html</guid><description><![CDATA[The first 650 tickets purchased by UCLA students for the Bridgepoint Education Holiday Bowl will be $25. The donors requested to remain anonymous. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=701467" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 06 Dec 2012 22:15:52 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Rebecca Kendall</author><title>Learning to give: UCLA students distribute five-figure grants to 4 local nonprofits</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/learning-to-give-students-in-unique-241059.aspx?link_page_rss=241059</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/learning-to-give-students-in-unique-241059.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[The unique course is designed to teach students about philanthropy and the local nonprofit sector by having them divvy up a pot of $100,000 to organizations working to help the community. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=701324" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 03 Dec 2012 23:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>NCAA clears Shabazz Muhammad to play for UCLA</title><link>http://www.uclabruins.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/111612aaa.html</link><guid>http://www.uclabruins.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/111612aaa.html</guid><description><![CDATA[The NCAA released a statement on Friday afternoon regarding the eligibility of UCLA freshman Shabazz Muhammad. "The NCAA and UCLA have resolved the eligibility case of Shabazz Muhammad....he is now eligible to compete." 

 <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=700770" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 17 Nov 2012 00:31:19 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Claudia Luther</author><title>UCLA's popularity continues to grow among international students</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-is-recognized-for-its-popularity-240856.aspx?link_page_rss=240856</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-is-recognized-for-its-popularity-240856.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Among U.S. public univerisities, UCLA ranks third in both the number of foreign students enrolled and the number of students studying abroad, a new report shows. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=700708" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 15 Nov 2012 23:40:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>New Pauley welcomes students — and students welcome it back</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/new-pauley-welcomes-students-and-240559.aspx</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/new-pauley-welcomes-students-and-240559.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Pauley Pavilion was rocking when 11,000 Bruins and parents gathered for the first student activity to be held in the renovated arena. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=700249" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 07 Nov 2012 01:00:40 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Noted chemistry journal spotlights students’ research</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/they-re-on-the-cover-noted-chemistry-240531.aspx</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/they-re-on-the-cover-noted-chemistry-240531.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Manipulating matter at a very tiny scale has resulted in some big payback for a group of UCLA undergraduate chemistry students. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=700247" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 06 Nov 2012 20:08:20 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Wendy Soderburg</author><title>Students and fans get first peek inside the new Pauley Pavilion</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/first-peek-inside-the-new-pauley-240071.aspx?link_page_rss=240071</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/first-peek-inside-the-new-pauley-240071.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[After two-and-a-half years of renovation, UCLA's beloved arena is ready for its close-up. Video and photos from inside. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=699748" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 26 Oct 2012 07:05:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Alana Klein Prisco</author><title>Financial concerns a major source of stress for faculty at U.S. public colleges, universities</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/u-s-faculty-experience-many-sources-239533.aspx?link_page_rss=239533</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/u-s-faculty-experience-many-sources-239533.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Faculty members at U.S. colleges and universities continue to experience multiple sources of work&ndash;life stress, but those at public institutions in particular cited financial concerns as a top source of stress over the last two years,... <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=699648" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 24 Oct 2012 04:01:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>UCLA Newsroom</author><title>Chancellor Block in Time magazine: 'Keep Public Universities Public'</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/chancellor-block-keep-public-universities-239817.aspx?link_page_rss=239817</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/chancellor-block-keep-public-universities-239817.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Chancellor Gene Block was one of eight experts asked by Time magazine to share their ideas for improving higher education. Read what he had to say. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=699466" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 18 Oct 2012 16:44:54 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Cynthia Lee</author><title>Gov. Jerry Brown campaigns on UCLA campus for California's Proposition 30</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/gov-jerry-brown-campaigns-on-campus-239755.aspx?link_page_rss=239755</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/gov-jerry-brown-campaigns-on-campus-239755.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Gov. Jerry Brown told students, union representatives and supporters of Proposition 30 at a noon rally in Bruin Plaza Tuesday that "a lot is riding on this election — for you as students and for the people of California." <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=699396" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 16 Oct 2012 22:40:26 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Rachel Champeau</author><title>Dishing out curry to fund scholarships at UCLA in memory of paramedic son</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/eating-japanese-curry-to-honor-239455.aspx?link_page_rss=239455</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/eating-japanese-curry-to-honor-239455.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[The fund started by Emiko Sekine and her family in honor of her late son Mitch provides scholarships for students at UCLA's Paramedic Education Program. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=699209" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 11 Oct 2012 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Kathleen Moon and Shilo Munk</author><title>UCLA Department of Music announces fall 2012 events</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-department-of-music-announces-239131.aspx?link_page_rss=239131</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-department-of-music-announces-239131.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[The UCLA Department of Music offers a variety of events for the public's enjoyment this fall, including performances by faculty, students and visiting artists. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=698722" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 28 Sep 2012 21:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Daniel Millner and Shilo Munk</author><title>UCLA Dept. of World Arts and Cultures/Dance announces events for fall 2012</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-department-of-world-arts-239037.aspx?link_page_rss=239037</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-department-of-world-arts-239037.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[The UCLA Department of World Arts and Cultures/Dance (WACD) is offering a variety of events for the public's enjoyment this fall. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=698671" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 27 Sep 2012 22:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Cynthia Lee</author><title>Bruins hit the streets for UCLA's fourth annual Volunteer Day</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/bruins-fan-out-across-city-for-239033.aspx?link_page_rss=239033</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/bruins-fan-out-across-city-for-239033.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[In their first week as UCLA students, nearly 6,500 new freshmen and transfer students are fanning out across L.A. to volunteer at more than 50 sites. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=698473" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 25 Sep 2012 17:51:05 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Rebecca Kendall</author><title>Chancellor Block welcomes freshman class of 2016 to campus</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/chancellor-block-welcomes-freshman-239014.aspx?link_page_rss=239014</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/chancellor-block-welcomes-freshman-239014.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA["Each of you has traveled your own distinct and interesting path to be here today, and we’re delighted you chose UCLA," Block told the new students. "I happen to believe that UCLA is the very best place to prepare you for an education [so that] you will effectively compete, collaborate and success in a rapidly changing world." <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=698438" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 25 Sep 2012 02:33:43 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Rebecca Kendall</author><title>Move-in weekend underway for 10,000 at UCLA</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/move-in-weekend-underway-at-ucla-238966.aspx?link_page_rss=238966</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/move-in-weekend-underway-at-ucla-238966.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Meg Micheletti was one of the first members of UCLA’s class of 2016 to move into residence on "The Hill." She and her parents, Kathleen and Andy, along with her brother, Nicolas, made the drive from San Diego and were on campus by 7:45 a.m. Friday, 15 minutes before UCLA's official move-in weekend began.
 <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=698376" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 21 Sep 2012 22:20:39 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Brenda Williams and Shilo Munk</author><title>UCLA Department of Design | Media Arts announces events for fall 2012</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-department-of-design-media-238592.aspx?link_page_rss=238592</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-department-of-design-media-238592.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[The UCLA Department of Design | Media Arts (DMA) is offering a variety of events for the public's enjoyment this fall, including exhibitions and lectures. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=698075" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 14 Sep 2012 22:16:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Bruins’ dot-com businesses take off with new campus accelerator</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/startup-ucla-238056.aspx</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/startup-ucla-238056.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Trading travel stories over bento boxes at an Asian restaurant, UCLA students Melanie Gin and Tri Nguyen lamented that there was no effective way to create an attractive online travel journal, with photos, of their experiences  So they created TravelStrings with help from Startup UCLA’s Summer Accelerator. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=698073" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 14 Sep 2012 20:59:52 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Elizabeth Boatright-Simon</author><title>National Press Club panel: 'Can the Next President Put Public Universities Back on Top?'</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/can-the-next-president-put-public-237904.aspx?link_page_rss=237904</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/can-the-next-president-put-public-237904.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Chancellor Block joins leaders of major public universities and the New York Times' David Leonhardt for a Sept. 19 discussion on the future of higher education. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=697813" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 10 Sep 2012 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>New students face their first test: Fact or fiction?</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/new-students-face-their-first-237811.aspx</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/new-students-face-their-first-237811.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[About 9,000 incoming students will go through UCLA orientation this summer and be introduced to the Bruin legends and myths. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=697341" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Aug 2012 00:19:03 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>He does pigskin and Pampers</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/a-professor-who-can-change-your-237018.aspx?link_page_rss=237197</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/a-professor-who-can-change-your-237018.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Before 275-pound defensive lineman Sam Tai reports for Bruin football training, he has more diapers to change, bottles to warm and infants to rock to sleep at UCLA’s Krieger Child Care Center. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=696453" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Aug 2012 20:27:35 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Rachel Champeau</author><title>New targeting technology improves outcomes for patients with atrial fibrillation</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/new-targeting-technology-improves-236307.aspx?link_page_rss=236307</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/new-targeting-technology-improves-236307.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[The research by UCLA scientists and colleagues demonstrated a doubling of success in treating the heart-rhythm disorder, which affects more than 5 million Americans.
 <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=695812" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 18 Jul 2012 19:30:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Rachel Champeau</author><title>UCLA study looks at why heart attacks cause so much more damage in late pregnancy</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-study-demonstrates-cardiac-235535.aspx?link_page_rss=235535</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-study-demonstrates-cardiac-235535.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Researchers discovered that in pregnant women, several factors exacerbate post-heart attack reperfusion injury, which causes injury to cells. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=695216" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 02 Jul 2012 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Denis Wolcott</author><title>Paths converge at UCLA Extension graduation</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/paths-converge-at-ucla-extension-235889.aspx?link_page_rss=235889</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/paths-converge-at-ucla-extension-235889.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Highlighting the growing importance of professional certificate programs, more individuals will graduate from Extension on June 29 than ever before. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=694997" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 27 Jun 2012 20:52:32 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Environmental students make an impact</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/local-vineyards-and-dirty-beaches-235149.aspx</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/local-vineyards-and-dirty-beaches-235149.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[UCLA environmental science majors are helping answer key questions about the Los Angeles region with a range of studies about conditions in the local mountains, ocean and other natural habitat. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=694592" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 18 Jun 2012 22:45:43 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Wendy Soderburg</author><title>Class of 2012 sails into the future</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/class-of-2012-sails-into-the-future-235283.aspx?link_page_rss=235283</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/class-of-2012-sails-into-the-future-235283.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[The largest of 60 commencement ceremonies  at UCLA this graduation season brought more than 16,000 students, parents and other loved ones to Drake Stadium. “Figure out what you love. Run like mad toward those things and those people, and give yourself away completely to them,” keynote speaker Jessica Jackley, co-founder micro-loan website Kiva, told the Class of 2012.  “And very importantly, don’t make excuses and don’t let anything get in your way, because you always have a choice.” <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=694444" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 16 Jun 2012 03:12:59 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Claudia Luther</author><title>Graduating senior Selina Stasi brings a whole new approach to fitness at UCLA</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/a-really-apt-and-fun-selina-stasi-234349.aspx?link_page_rss=234349</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/a-really-apt-and-fun-selina-stasi-234349.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[With her program FITTED, the athlete-turned-student has helped hundreds to incorporate fitness and health into their daily lives. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=693525" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 18:52:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Claudia Luther</author><title>Prestigious Strauss scholarships go to two service-minded UCLA students</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/prestigious-strauss-scholarships-234127.aspx?link_page_rss=234127</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/prestigious-strauss-scholarships-234127.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Kendra Knudsen and Angela Sanchez will each receive a $10,000 award to help underwrite their projects serving the mentally ill and the homeless. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=693265" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 18:04:01 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>&amp;quot;Cave of the tiger&amp;quot; leads man to home of the Bruins</title><link>http://www.international.ucla.edu/news/article.asp?parentid=125720</link><guid>http://www.international.ucla.edu/news/article.asp?parentid=125720</guid><description><![CDATA[U.S. Army Major Jin Park left home at 14 determined to find success in the United States. He will soon graduate from UCLA with a master's degree in East Asian studies, which he will use in his new assignment as a security assistance officer at the U.S. Embassy in Seoul. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=692512" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 18:17:24 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Elise Anderson</author><title>UCLA Anderson conference connects aspiring entrepreneurs, veteran industry innovators</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-anderson-conference-brings-233502.aspx?link_page_rss=233502</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-anderson-conference-brings-233502.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[The May 11 event brings together some 400 M.B.A. students, alumni, entrepreneurs and investors to discuss current topics in entrepreneurship. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=692424" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 19:41:25 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Stuart Wolpert</author><title>UCLA's student math team defeats 448 others, but who's counting?</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-s-student-math-team-defeats-232241.aspx?link_page_rss=232241</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-s-student-math-team-defeats-232241.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Under the tutelage of professor Ciprian Manolescu, the team logged its best performance since 1970 in the prestigious Putnam math competition. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=690857" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2012 21:52:24 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>