University of California, Los Angeles
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Leverenz Shines for Bears in Toshiba Classic...2009 Three long days in Long Beach, Calif., for the Toshiba Classic at the Belmont Plaza Olympic Pool awarded the No. 6 Cal women's swimming team with a second-place finish behind rival Stanford and in front of third place UCLA. Along... |
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LA Daily News | November 02, 2009
Cheney lifts UCLA over USC in women's soccer
...match 25-21, 17-25, 25-23, 22-25, 15-13. Shannon Murakami earned the first all-conference honor of her career as she led the UCLA women to a seventh-place finish in Long Beach. The junior out of Saugus High finished 13th in 20...
In this article: UCLA, Lauren Cheney, Pacific-10 Conference, Long Beach, Big West Conference, Stanford, and CSUN
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The Daily Californian | 6 days ago
Invitational Format Simulates Postseason Schedule for Cal
...of Big Game in Long Beach," senior captain Blake Hayter said. Hayter also mentioned that competition lies with UCLA, which Cal will face again in a dual meet in January. Because of the level of competition the Bears will be facing,...
In this article: Cal, Stanford, Fresno State, Long Beach, Arkansas, and Pac-10
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The Stanford Daily | November 05, 2009
M. Polo: Cardinal dismantles Davis
...season, with key victories over UC-Santa Barbara and UC-San Diego. The 49ers are coming off a 9-3 loss to UCLA, a team Stanford has defeated three times already this season. Irvine should pose a similar challenge to Long Beach. The Anteaters...
In this article: Stanford, Cal, Long Beach, and Halloween
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Washington Football | November 02, 2009
Dawgs Return To Action At UCLA
...Poole went to Seattle's Bishop Blanchet High. A good deal of UW and UCLA players have played with or against one another in high school due to the number of Huskies from the L.A. area. The Huskies roster includes 29 players from...
In this article: Huskies, UCLA, Bruins, Washington, Pac-10, Trojans, Oregon State, Cal, Rose Bowl, and Compton
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KRIKORIAN: Rodriguez's passions: kids, sports
...past 22 years in Long Beach, where he wound up at the beckoning of his wife, the former Cindy Crofut, a one-time Miss Lakewood and UCLA graduate with whom he has four children, Ryan, 20, Spencer, 16, Garrett, 14 and Jillian, 11. "I always...
In this article: Condoleezza Rice, Hollywood, Stanford, Long Beach, and Political science
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The Seattle Times | November 03, 2009
Chase Utley gives Phillies hope against Yankees
...to hope, poured their love from every direction. Chase Utley was born in Pasadena, grew up in Long Beach, went to UCLA, but he is as much a Philly guy as Ben Franklin. In a city that thinks of itself as a gamer, a city that...
In this article: Phillies, Chase Utley, Yankees, Philadelphia, CC Sabathia, World Series, Charlie Manuel, Steve Carlton, and Reggie Jackson
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Oregon Live | October 08, 2009
Oregon-UCLA: Catching up with Terrence Austin
...up with UCLA receiver Terrence Austin. Samie Parker with Kansas CityIt turns out that Austin, who chose UCLA over Notre Dame and Oregon, lists former UO receiver Samie Parker as his receiving idol. "I grew up watching Samie,'' Austin said...
In this article: Oregon, Samie Parker, UCLA, Kansas City, Notre Dame, Autzen Stadium, and Long Beach
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boston.com - Latest movie news | October 10, 2009
His craft is ‘Serious’ business
...does with him is truly, truly remarkable. '' Stuhlbarg, 41, grew up in Long Beach, Calif., went to the University of California at Los Angeles for two years, then got his degree at Juilliard. A 2005 Tony nominee for Martin McDonagh's "The...
In this article: A Serious Man, Coen brothers, Martin McDonagh, Minneapolis, Physics, University of California at Los Angeles, American Repertory Theater, and Burn After Reading
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Fox News | August 28, 2009
LA Area Heat Wave Record Temperatures
...Burbank and Van Nuys. Record temperatures were set at Los Angeles International Airport, where the high hit 89 today, breaking the 1995 record of 84, and at UCLA with 95 degrees, breaking the 1995 record of 90. Long Beach tied the 1995...
In this article: National Weather Service, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, UCLA, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Santa Barbara County, Rancho Palos Verdes, and Los Angeles International Airport
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Description from Wikipedia:
The University of California, Los Angeles (generally known as UCLA) is a public research university located in Westwood, Los Angeles, California, United States. Established as a branch of the state university in 1919, it is the second-oldest (the first being the University of California, Berkeley) general-purpose campus in the University of California system and has the largest enrollment of any university in the state.
UCLA comprises the College of Letters and Science (the primary undergraduate college) as well as undergraduate colleges Arts and Architecture, Herb Alpert School of Music, Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science, Nursing, and Theater, Film, and Television, seven professional schools, and five professional Health Science schools. Since 2001, UCLA has enrolled over 33,000 total students annually, and that number is steadily rising.
UCLA is ranked 25th among "America's Best Colleges 2009: National Universities" by U.S. News & World Report, in third place for best public universities in the United States, and placed 13th in the world in 2007 in ranking done by the Shanghai Jiao Tong University. UCLA also ranked 11th in the nation in terms of quality of scientific research leading towards a Nobel Prize. UCLA is a Public Ivy, and one of the 25 New Ivies, a list of universities ranked by Kaplan. UCLA also ranks among the top 10 schools in the country with the most faculty awards.
UCLA has more applicants than any other university in the United States. Out of 55,401 applicants for Fall 2008, 12,755 (22.7%) were admitted. Students come to UCLA from all 50 states and more than 100 countries, though according to statistics from 2001-05, an average 92.6% of the entire student body originated from California.
- Name:
- University of California, Los Angeles
- Also Known As:
- UCLA
- Former name:
- California State Normal School Los Angeles branch (1881-82)
- Los Angeles State Normal School (1887-19)
- State Normal School at Los Angeles (1882-87)
- University of California Southern Branch (1919-27)
- Type:
- Public
- Location City:
- Los Angeles
- State:
- CA
- Location Country:
- USA
- Founding Date:
- January 01, 1881
- Head:
- Gene D. Block
- Associated With:
- AAU
- Pacific-10
- University of California
- Endowment:
- US $2.299 billion
- Motto:
- Let there be light
- Campus:
- 419 acres (1.7 km²)
- Mascot:
- Joe and Josephine Bruin
- Colors:
- UCLA Gold
- Undergrad:
- 25,432
- Postgrad:
- 11,179
- Faculty:
- 4,016
- Staff:
- 26,139
- Nobel Laureates:
- 10
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