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The author Susan Sontag's literary archive, which includes essays, film scripts and diaries, has been bought by the U.C.L.A. Library, the university announced today. The University of California at Los […]

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Reports the purchase of the literary archives of author Susan Sontag by the University of California Library in Los Angeles, California.

The article reports on the introduction of capstone, or a cumulative piece of work to complete an undergraduate degree, at the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) after investigating the lack of academic rigor in its undergraduate program. It comments on the increasing popularity of capstone projects and senior theses at U.S. colleges and universities, noting their connection to course engagement and critical thinking. Other topics explored include engagement of research facilities at research-oriented universities such as UCLA, creating collaborative relationships within universities, and issues of resource allocation within higher education.

The article discusses academic support programs for college athletes, with a particular focus on Will Collier, a former academic adviser for students in the men's basketball program at the University of California at Los Angeles. Collier resigned after he was allegedly asked to help convince a professor to change a student's grade. According to Collier, coaches and staff did not hold student athletes accountable for academic performance and attendance at academic support sessions

The article reports that a University of California at Los Angeles survey found that among freshmen students, women were more likely than men to report frequently taking notes in class in high school. Women also asked more questions in class and sought more feedback on academic work than their male counterparts. Other statistics are given on revising papers, and exploring topics independently of class assignments.

The article discusses the open-access publishing efforts at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) led by anthropology professor Christopher M. Kelty.Topics covered include the vote of UCLA Academic Senate to provide research articles of faculty members for free to the 10-campus system. Also cited are the reluctance of some faculty members, the open-access requirements in California and the PubMed Central free online article repository of the National Institute of Health (NIH).

The article reports on several instances of U.S. universities and research institutions limiting access to their digital archives of orphaned works, those that do not have a clear owner, due to concerns over possible copyright-infringement. Debates surrounding fair use of popular music, literature, and art in the public domain are explored and legal issues surrounding a book digitization project by the Internet company Google are overviewed. Copyright issues related to individual photographs, problems accessing digital versions of Mexican music at the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA), and a photograph digitization project at the University of California at San Diego (UCSD) are highlighted.

The article profiles lawyer Michael T. Roberts, founding executive director of the Resnick Program for Food and Policy at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) law school. Details are provided on Roberts' career history, which included practicing food and agricultural law for Venable LLP as well as working for the law firm Roll Law Group PC.

The article reports on the selection of senior English major student Amanda Powell from Tuskegee University for an internship with Ralph J. Bunche Center for African-American Studies Summer Humanities Institute (SHI) at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).

Presents a teaching guideline for the course the Southern California Regional Economy at the University of California in Los Angeles. Technique for understanding the economic and social ramifications of Wal-Mart's business strategy; Comments of students on the store; Information on readings for the topic; Assignments.

Presents information on the exhibition 'A Saint in the City: Sufi Arts of Urban Senegal,' on view at the University of California in Los Angeles through July 27, 2003. Range of expression of the Mouride visual culture; Description of visual culture; Details of the Mouride Sufi movement.

The article looks at Sy Stokes, a former student at the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) whose poem "The Black Bruins," which examines racism at the school, went viral in video form in 2013. UCLA subsequently reached out to Stokes and the student organization the Black Male Institute for suggestions on improving race relations on campus. Details on Stokes' organization the Spoken Word Outreach Mentorship Program (Swomp) are presented.

The article presents humorous notes and new items related to higher education in the United States, including a note in the student newspaper at Wayne State University which is about a complaint of too much orderliness, an advertisement in the student paper at the University of California at Los Angeles and a notice in "Spectra," a publication of the Speech Communication Association.

The article presents information on digital humanities (DH) education. The author looks at professor Miriam Posner, the digital humanities program at the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA), and professor Iman Salehian. The article also discusses student interest in technology-related courses.

The article focuses on researchers at University of California in Los Angeles is to create a version of COVID-19 in mice and shows how the disease damages the lungs using their model, the scientists has discovered that the SARS-CoV-2 virus could shut down energy production in cells of the heart.

Focuses on how University of California in Los Angeles safeguard its online information on students. Complexities of maintaining students' privacy; Terms under the electronic-communications policy of the institution; Details on the computer hacking incident in Indiana University. INSET: College Policies on Privacy.

LOS ANGELES _ UCLA forward T.J. Cummings pulls a blank piece of paper from his dormitory drawer and sketches the first picture that comes to his mind. The subject is [...]

As college students research papers on the Internet and manipulate numbers on spreadsheets, their professors are feeling a little less in tune with the newest computer trends. Two out of [...]

(From University Wire) Byline: Jennifer Case Finals week is here at the University of California-Los Angeles, and the pressure to do well on final exams and papers can push some [...]

Business Editors SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 30, 2001 Network Utilities Inc.: -- Tarique Mustafa Will Comment on His Upcoming White Paper 'Everything You Know About Wireless Is Wrong' at This [...]

The author discusses his upbringing in Tuscaloosa, Alabama where he lives with family and extended members and the state of African Americans in Alabama. He also mentions the change in racial discrimination that was prevalent in Alabama and increase in segregation as reported by civil rights projects in University of California, Los Angeles.

This article discusses academic culture and the efforts and technology used to recreate historic academic events in a virtual setting. Lisa Snyder, an associate director of outreach and operations for the University of California in Los Angeles' (UCLA) Experiential Technologies Center, and the Urban Simulation Team at UCLA, are virtually recreating the World's Columbian Exposition, which took place in Chicago, Illinois, in 1893. The article explains that the exposition showcased art, architecture, technology, and commerce. Aspects of the exhibition will be recreated using similar technology to that used in video games likes SimCity, Grand Theft Auto, and Second Life.

You buy a house. You get a deed. It's in black and white on paper. You can feel confident that if changes are made to this proof of home ownership, [...]

Reports on the struggle of public universities in the U.S. to retain professors. Efforts of New York University to hire faculty members; Reason behind the failure of the idea of a fighting fund to gain traction in the Oregon University System and the state legislature; Expectation of Albert Carnesale, chancellor of the University of California in Los Angeles, regarding the decrease in the number of faculty members.

Profiles professor of computer-science at University of California at Los Angeles, Leonard Kleinrock. Love for teaching and inventing, especially anything having to do with the Internet; Reasons he loves being a professor; First to describe queuing principles used in designing every type of computer network.

The article examines the 2013 opinion issued by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission which found that 36 advertisements from Pom Wonderful, a company that promotes pomegranates, were false or deceptive, focusing on how the decision impacts UCLA (University of California, Los Angeles) since the school supplied studies and quotations used in several of the advertisements. It looks at the relationship between UCLA and Pom's owners, Lynda and Stewart Resnick, who have donated millions of dollars to the school.

This section presents charts which provides result of the survey conducted by the Higher Education Research Institute at the University of California at Los Angeles. The survey asks professors how they spend their workdays, what their goals are, and how satisfied they are with their careers. The data provided in the charts pertains to community colleges, based on responses from 2,678 professors.

2024 APR 1 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Mental Health Weekly Digest -- Key takeaways People who find themselves rummaging around in the refrigerator for a [...]

Byline: Scott Allen Assuming the California Board of Regents doesn't vote to block UCLA's planned defection to the Big Ten, matchups such as Wednesday's men's basketball showdown between UCLA and [...]

2023 JUL 12 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Biotech Week -- A new technique developed by UCLA geologists that uses artificial intelligence to better predict where [...]

2023 JUL 12 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Vaccine Weekly -- FINDINGS Scientists at the UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center have identified potential new biomarkers that [...]

LOS ANGELES, CA -- The following information was released by UCLA Health System: RNA might be a better biomarker than DNA to analyze biopsies, a UCLA study indicates. Liquid biopsies [...]

Byline: Nick Anderson CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. -- The grades bounced around; a few C's in high school, a couple of D's mixed with A's and B's in community college. The ACT [...]

Byline: Stella Chan and Kevin Flower, CNN (CNN) -- [Breaking news update, published at 3:45 p.m. ET] A man tied to an 800-page 'manifesto' with 'thousands of references to violence' [...]

Byline: Stella Chan and Kevin Flower, CNN (CNN) -- The person who made threats to the University of California at Los Angeles has been located, is 'under observation and not [...]

Byline: Stella Chan and Kevin Flower, CNN (CNN) -- The person who made threats to the University of California at Los Angeles is in custody, 'under observation and not in [...]

2022 OCT 19 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Biotech Week -- A UCLA chemist and colleagues are now a step closer to their goal of developing [...]

2022 OCT 3 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Mental Health Weekly Digest -- Scientists at UCLA have used a molecule found in green tea to identify [...]

2022 APR 25 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Mental Health Weekly Digest -- The rate of overdose deaths among U.S. teenagers nearly doubled in 2020, the [...]