Rachelle Wong, a fourth-year international development studies student, died Aug. 3 in her Rieber Terrace dorm room. She was 20. Read more...

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Rachelle Wong

Within the aged labyrinth of the Molecular Sciences Building in South Campus, a painful memory still resonates "“ one that prompted revisions in laboratory safety at UCLA in recent years. Read more...

The holy month of Ramadan is in full swing, and for Muslim students this means balancing their religious lives with their college lives. Read more...

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From left, fifth-year anthropology student Felisha Corona; third-year electrical engineering student Heba Abulebda; third-year microbiology, immunology and molecular genetics student Asmar Abdul Ghani; and third-year biology student Neyamatullah Akbar end another day of fasting at the Student Activities Center.

Dr. Moses A. Greenfield, a professor emeritus in the David Geffen School of Medicine and co-founder of the biomedical physics graduate program at UCLA, died July 27 in New York. He was 97. Read more...

As a single mother, Katrina Griffiths had little time to dream of advancing her career through education. She dedicated her life to raising her three children "“ one of whom is mute and has cerebral palsy, a non-progressive motor systems disability "“ all while balancing two jobs as a massage therapist and child care professional. Read more...

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Katrina Griffiths, 50, received a scholarship from Empowered UCLA Extension, to pay for her tuition for the online program, which starts this September. Griffiths is a single mother from New Jersey with three children, two of whom are pictured here.