Abigail Palmer

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• Scholars to explore Israeli literature

  March 9, 2007 at 1 a.m.

  Beginning Sunday afternoon, UCLA will host a conference titled “History as Reflected in Israeli Literature,” drawing 30 scholars from universities all over the world. The conference aims to explore the ...

• Alumni pass career advice to students

  Feb. 7, 2007 at 12:20 a.m.

  Last year, as part of the annual Dinners for 12 Strangers program, Stephanie Ching attended a dinner hosted by a UCLA alumnus who was a lawyer. Ching, a fourth-year communication ...

• Science&Health: Undergraduates participate in experiments using online system

  Jan. 10, 2007 at midnight

  By SEDA TERZYAN Bruin contributor sterzyan@media.ucla.edu Tatevik Vardanyan took a seat in a small dark room, alone with only a computer to keep her company. Not knowing what to expect, ...

• Science&Health: Students lend a hand in ER

  Jan. 10, 2007 at midnight

  Roland Palvolgyi heard a helicopter drone overhead, and the intercom in the Emergency Department buzzed “ETA, five minutes.” Along with doctors and nurses, Palvolgyi watched as the TV broadcast images ...

• Students weigh in on TAs’ effectiveness

  Nov. 29, 2006 at midnight

  In Mala Mandyam’s anthropology class last year, her teaching assistant brought a newspaper clip to class to begin discussion every week. The class focused on evolutionary anthropology and Mandyam said ...

• Cultural exchange in the classroom

  Nov. 28, 2006 at midnight

  In Janet Goodwin’s English as a second language course for international teaching assistants, one of the first assignments for her students is to master the elusive art of small talk. ...

• TAs benefit but must juggle duties

  Nov. 28, 2006 at midnight

  James Lucania, a student in the M.B.A. program, doesn’t plan on pursuing teaching as a career. He is not required to spend time as a teaching assistant, as some graduate ...

• TAs integral to UCLA

  Nov. 27, 2006 at midnight

  Before standing up in front of 60 expectant students for his first discussion section, a new teaching assistant can shed his nervousness by leading his fellow TAs through a mock ...

• Students, alumni reach out via phone

  Nov. 17, 2006 at midnight

  Community volunteers will meet tonight to conclude a three-day phoneathon focused on encouraging academically qualified black students to apply to UCLA. UCLA alumni, current students and other concerned community volunteers ...

• UC shares in bid for lab

  Oct. 31, 2006 at midnight

  The University of California, along with other companies, has just entered a bid to manage the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, which specializes in nuclear research – one week after an ...