Higher Education + Los Angeles Hispanic y Latino News & Info (Noticias)

November 11, 2009

Four Latino Angelenos win scholarships for math, science

November 5, 2009

A top Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) official confirmed that officers were conducting a training exercise at CSUN that involved members of Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlan (MEChA) earlier this semester. – Members said they were targeted and profiled by LAPD officers during their first meeting on Sept. 2. & that they were followed, harassed and intimidated by “undercover police officers” during a ceremony to welcome first-time freshmen to their organization.

October 29, 2009

UCLA Students Lobby for DREAM Act

October 14, 2009

1969: Chicano Movement Rising – Notes on Raza history in East LA, Oct 14 at Cal State LA

October 2, 2009

Latino Faculty Want to End ‘Brown Out’ at Cal State Long Beach

September 11, 2009

Program Puts Sidelined Doctors Back in the Game – As medically underserved Hispanic communities cry out for doctors, a new program puts physicians in their midst back into practice. – UCLA’s International Medical Graduate Program

September 9, 2009

Dividing or Converging? – Political Loyalties, Transnational Organizations, and the Incorporation of Latin American Immigrants in the United States – Lecture and Discussions with Alejandro Portes, Princeton University – Monday, September 21st at 4:00 PM University of Southern California

September 1, 2009

UCLA running back Christian Ramirez proud of heritage

July 21, 2009

Santa Ana backs bill to help illegal-immigrant students – The city passes a symbolic resolution urging Congress to give undocumented students a path to legal residency.

July 13, 2009

Undocumented people live in a shadowy world of high fear and stress — fear of deportation and stress brought on lack of economic, linguistic and educational resources. – study from UCLA

May 7, 2009

Kaiser Permanente gives UCLA Hispanic physician recruitment program $2 million

November 3, 2008

Latino vibe at UCLA’s Fowler Museum

September 27, 2008

Dr. Erlinda Martinez Honored Among Top 25 Latino Educators by National Latino Leaders Magazine

June 17, 2008

UCLA recognizes an early backer who had been largely forgotten – Reginaldo del Valle’s political work played a crucial role in founding the institution that became the university, but few know of him. Research and Latino activists are putting him back in the story.

June 11, 2008

Conference on US-Mexican Issues Caps Off Term – UCLA

June 5, 2008

Cal State L.A. to honor Dionicio Morales at graduation ceremony Friday

June 4, 2008

Programs succeed in reducing risky sex among HIV-positive minority men – UCLA

May 22, 2008

“Reel Rasquache Film Fest Rich with Creativity” – at the Luckman Fine Arts Complex at California State University, Los Angeles

May 21, 2008

“New Center to Study Immigrant Integration” – Mayor Villaraigosa attends a conference featuring the announcement by USC College and the School of Policy, Planning and Develop

May 8, 2008

Antioch University Los Angeles Joins The Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities

April 14, 2008

Pasadena City College to Host 14th Annual Adelante Mujer Latina Conference

March 26, 2008

Armando Torres Morales, 75; UCLA scholar, activist on Latino issues

March 10, 2008

New major mixes Spanish, service at UCLA

February 13, 2008

Study details California’s first statewide Latino service organization

December 11, 2007

Cal State Long Beach’s Raza Resource Center to receive renovations in spring

December 4, 2007

UC Riverside Professor Honored by the Modern Language Association – Alicia Arrizón

November 5, 2007

Hispanic Students Increasingly Successful at California State University, Northridge

October 24, 2007

Hispanic serving grant fails in serving Latinos – Cal State Long Beach

October 11, 2007

Glendale Community College hosts conference on latino contributions in war

October 10, 2007

LMC Spanish students produce cooking show – Los Medanos College

October 3, 2007

Milestone for CSULB La Raza – Cal State Long Beach group celebrates 40 years of fighting campus discrimination.

September 27, 2007

Western University of Health Sciences Top Los Angeles Med School for Hispanics

September 15, 2007

Queda impactado profesor de la UCLA luego de impartirle curso a Shakira

August 20, 2007

Latino students discover science – Cal State Los Angeles

July 31, 2007

College tour gives Latino students a wider world view – ‘This tour is the type of opportunity we came to this country for,’ says the mother of one teen taking the seven-college trip. – Los Angeles

May 8, 2007

UC Riverside Chancellor France A. Córdova Named Purdue University President

March 30, 2007

UCLA athletic director Dan Guerrero paid dues en route to UCLA

February 5, 2007

Sallie Mae Fund National Bus Tour Motors into Los Angeles Today to Educate Families about Planning and Paying for College Just in Time for Financial Aid Application Season

December 17, 2006

Drew University reaches out to Latinos – The South L.A. medical school is recasting itself to reflect its changing community.