The six-year-old boy could not stop gushing to Kozue Shimabukuro over his new backpack, the kind all children in Japan receive as a present for entering the first grade. Nothing would have seemed wrong if Shimabukuro had not been a pediatric critical care physician. Read more...
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Pediatrician Kozue Shimabukuro, who spoke at UCLA on Tuesday, recently volunteered in Japan to help with the disaster relief effort after the March 11 earthquake.
The fourth-year physiological science student is now the president of the American Cancer Society's Colleges Against Cancer at UCLA, but when she was younger, she couldn't comprehend the extent of her mother's troubles. Read more...
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Students participate in 2008’s Relay For Life, an event that helps fund cancer research. UCLA hosts the event this weekend in Drake Stadium.
Huynh is the president of the Vietnamese Student Union, which is hosting the 2011 Black April Commemoration this week. Black April remembers the fall of Saigon, the capital of South Vietnam, which ended the Vietnam War on April 30, 1975. Read more...
The undergraduate student government has yet to find an official replacement financial supports commissioner after Rustom Z. Birdie resigned nearly two weeks ago. Read more...
Graduate students can cast their votes for next year's student government beginning today. Students can access their ballots on their MyUCLA web pages until noon on May 2. Read more...
During his 29 years as chancellor of UCLA, Charles E. Young presided over a school that was committed to providing public service to the Los Angeles region. Read more...
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Chancellor Emeritus Charles E. Young speaks Thursday about the relationship between the state and the University of California.
The UCLA Mock Trial Team took first place at the American Mock Trial Association's 27th National Championship Tournament. A few team members join us in the studio to act out some of the best moments from the competition with a quick version of their mock trial. [4:39]
"Long Story Short: Members perform a mini mock trial based on their big competition"Court case: A grieving parent sues a toy company for the wrongful death of his 2-year-old son. Read more...
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From left, second-year theater student Megan Timpane, coach Nate Smith, second-year English student James Caress, first-year political science student Iain Lampert, fourth-years
American literature and culture student Brandon Hughes and English student Carol McBirney are some of the members of the UCLA Mock Trial team, which is this year’s national champions.
