2. A Happenings place

UCLA is a cultural and entertainment destination – and Happenings is your guide. Happenings.ucla.edu has more than 1,000 “top pick” events each year in sports, arts, lectures and more on the UCLA campus.

3. Virtual library of medieval manuscripts

UCLA’s Matthew Fisher collected links to every manuscript from the eighth century to the 15th that had been fully digitized by any library, archive, institute or private owner around the world – and made them available online at manuscripts.cmrs.ucla.edu. <more>

4. Travel through time

Rather than surfing the web, going from site to site, what if you could surf a city, browse its streets and buildings, meet friends and strangers in a hyperlinked world, go back in time, and reemerge in another city? At www.hypercities.com, you can connect geographical locations (like Los Angeles, Tel Aviv, Berlin, New York and Ollantaytambo) with the stories and histories of the people who live there now and those who have lived there in the past. <more>

5. Listen up

The world’s top online archive of Mexican and Mexican American recordings is the Frontera Collection at UCLA. The 41,000 digitized selections include a diverse range of material, from early corridos, boleros and sones to patriotic speeches and comedy skits.

6. A personal trainer in pixels

Accessing UCLA Recreation’s online instructional videos is like having your own personal trainer available 24 hours a day. The free physical fitness tips range from how to maximize your time at the gym to how to get a workout without leaving your desk.

7. Virtual eight-clap!

Get a peek into The Den – UCLA’s official student fan group. Check out fan photos and videos, and learn about Dirt from the Den, the newsletter that strives to provide students with information about Bruin opponents – plus “a little dirt to get into their heads.”

Also – from the Coliseum to the Rose Bowl to Pauley, see the UCLA Marching Band through the years in their photo album.

8. Art, wired

“The Hammer is committed to bringing the best new talent to UCLA and to demonstrating internationally that UCLA is on the cutting edge of culture,” says museum director Ann Philbin. That extends to www.hammer.ucla.edu, where you can check out virtual exhibits, plus videos and podcasts of events with visionaries in an astounding array of fields.

9. Carbon footprint through your cell phone

Generate a personal environmental impact report just by downloading software onto a GPS cell phone. UCLA’s Center for Embedded Networked Sensing’s program gives users daily reports on how much smog they produced while driving and how much pollution they inhaled while walking. And since the program is social, scores can be shared and compared with friends through Facebook. See a demo or sign up for the beta test here. <more>

10. Where does it hurt?

Want patient-friendly health information? UCLA Health System’s Health Encyclopedia provides the most comprehensive resource available online – free of charge. See more than 11,000 pages of content detailing diseases, symptoms, medical tests, injuries and other common health and medical questions.
Bonus – check out webcasts, where UCLA physicians answer medical questions from people “on the street.”