Stephanie Gilbert taught herself sign language through online videos. Gilbert, a fourth-year psychobiology student, wanted to learn how to sign so she could better communicate with the elderly and the deaf community. Her schools, however, did not offer a formal class, which forced her to learn on her own. Read more...
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Stephanie Gilbert learned American Sign Language through online videos before it was offered as a foreign language at UCLA.
Four years of guiding packs of potential Bruins around campus has left Bobbie Nickel with a collection of fond memories. Read more...
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Graduating tour guides(from left) Bobbie Nickel, Ali Karol, Sarah Hadburg, Trent Hubbard and Christopher Handel share fond memories of the tours they’ve given over the past four years through the UCLA Campus Tours program.
A class-action lawsuit filed in December 2011 against the UC Board of Regents in response to the theft of personal information of UCLA Health System patients in early September 2011 has failed to move forward, according to the plaintiff's attorney. Read more...
In her 50 years as a teacher, recently retired UCLA Professor Sondra Hale pushed to the forefront of research and activism "“ a career that included fighting against genocide on African soil. Read more...
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Courtesy of SONDRA HALE
UCLA chemistry professor Patrick Harran will plead not guilty to a felony complaint filed by the Los Angeles County District Attorney's office in late December in relation to a fatal 2008 laboratory fire that resulted in the death of a UCLA staff research assistant. Read more...
The University of California could see an ongoing increase of $90 million in state funding if Gov. Jerry Brown's budget proposal, released last week, is enacted. Read more...
For the past two years, Lovlean Purewal has had to eat the same food in the dining halls day after day "“ salads from the salad bar or a burger without buns. Her fear: accidentally eating any wheat, rye or barley products that contain gluten. Read more...
