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UC accepts fewer Californians, more students from out-of-state
The chances of California high school seniors gaining admission to the University of California worsened this year as more of them applied and the share of those who were accepted dropped by 2.2%, according to data released Thursday. At the same time, the...
Tags: Teaching and Learning, Students, Education
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Chaos after false bomb threat at Cal State L.A.
The caller stood at a pay phone outside a Carl's Jr. in El Monte and warned police: Bombs will explode in two hours, he said. One at Cal State L.A. , the other at UC Berkeley. The reactions of the two public universities, though, were markedly...
Tags: University of California, Los Angeles, Teaching and Learning, Sports, Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), Health and Safety at School
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UCLA receives most freshman applications of any U.S. public college
With its giant volume of applications from around the state and world, UCLA is once again the toughest UC campus to crack for students who want to enroll in the fall as a freshman. According to statistics released Thursday, UCLA offered fall 2013...
Tags: University of California, Los Angeles, Teaching and Learning, Colleges and Universities, Students
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SOY tours inspire next generation
On a Monday in mid-April, a handful of students piled into a couple of cars in Costa Mesa and headed north. For some of the high schoolers it was their first time outside Orange County. They were on a trip with Save Our Youth, or SOY, the nonprofit...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Colleges and Universities, Students, University of California, Santa Barbara, Trips and Vacations
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INTERVIEW-Brazil WTO hopeful brushes off protectionist complaints
Reuters* Roberto Azevedo says he will be neutral if he gets the job * Other finalist is Blanco, former Mexican trade minister * New chief to be picked in May as WTO faces credibility crisis By Alonso Soto BRASILIA, May 1 (Reuters) - Brazil's candidate to...Tags: Globalization, European Union, Brazil, Elections, World Trade Organization
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Brazil WTO hopeful brushes off protectionist complaints
ReutersBRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's candidate to head the World Trade Organization brushed off criticism from rich nations that his country is growing more protectionist, saying he will be a neutral negotiator of global trade frictions if he gets the job this...Tags: European Union, Globalization, Brazil, Elections, World Trade Organization
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Wide search expected in hunt for next UC president
With no obvious inside candidate to be the next president of the University of California system, experts predict a wide search that will concentrate on similar university systems elsewhere but could also stretch beyond academia. Whoever replaces Mark...
Tags: Executive Branch, University of California, Los Angeles, University of Michigan, University of Texas at Austin, Elections
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Local seniors recipients of prestigious Gates scholarship
Staff WriterFor an elite group of local high school seniors, the financial barriers that come with attending college will no longer be an issue. The Gates Millennium Scholars Program selects just 1,000 students from the nation each year to receive a good-through-...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Robert J. Lopez, Colleges and Universities, University of California, San Diego, Science and Technology
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UC expected to launch wide search for new president
Mark Yudof likes to point out that he was the first real outsider in more than a century chosen to run the sprawling University of California system. And he often jokes that, as a result of his leadership, it is likely to take a hundred years more...Tags: Executive Branch, University of California, Los Angeles, University of Michigan, University of Texas at Austin, Elections
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UC researchers are engineering the tobacco plant to produce bio-fuels
Once celebrated as an economic mainstay, the tobacco industry has been hard hit by health concerns, bans, lawsuits and the social stigma of cigarette smoking. Now, UC researchers are testing the plant’s potential to be genetically modified in...
Tags: University of Kentucky, Medical Procedures and Tests, Heart Disease, U.S. Department of Energy, Science and Technology
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California needs to bolster regulation of fracking, report says
California needs to strengthen regulation of hydraulic fracturing, according to a UC Berkeley Law School report that identified a number of shortcomings in state oversight of the controversial practice. Although not new to California, fracking has...Tags: Petroleum Industry, Science and Technology, Crime, Law and Justice, Energy Resources, Technology
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Scholarship Awards Breakfast: Newport Harbor
Rachel Anne Barney GPA: 4.4384 School Activities/Clubs: IB drama production of "Dear Brutus," Field Studies Club, IB History HL, IB English HL, IB Theatre HL, IB French SL, IB Environmental Science SL, IB Theory of Knowledge, IB diploma candidate, AP US...Tags: Music, National Government, Halloween, St. John's University, Students
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