Volunteer Day coordinators are working with student government officers to help make students feel more connected to their volunteer sites in 2011. Read more...

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Chancellor Gene Block sees off students participating in UCLA Volunteer Day last September. Site nominations for 2011 are now being accepted.
(Courtesy of Reed Hutchinson)

Over the course of a year, 12 students in the UCLA School of Law International Justice Clinic traveled abroad to study witness protection for women who are victims of sexual violence in armed conflict societies. Read more...

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From right: Law students Nicolle Kownacki, Farnoosh Hashemian and Priyan Chandraratna presented their research on witness protection programs to the members of the International Justice Clinic.

Once a week between classes, Jacob Drewisch walks around campus and catalogues trees. Read more...

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Students Jacob Drewisch, Jen So and Dana Trans are working on a project through the Education for Sustainable Living Program to make UCLA more environmentally friendly.

Growing up in Nigeria, Chioma Udeagbala wanted to be a doctor like her father. Read more...

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Law student Chioma Udeagbala will speak at the UCLA School of Law commencement ceremony on Friday.

Despite immense scientific evidence to the contrary, celebrity endorsement and a lack of scientific education have made Americans much more susceptible to the argument that vaccines can cause autism. Read more...

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(Left to right) Students Lincoln Pitcher, Ellen Watkins and Myer Rickless (far right) won Ruth Simon’s (third from left) award for undergraduate research.

The professor of chemistry works closely with graduate students in her research lab and via a pre-professional training program she helped to develop on campus. Read more...

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Chemistry Professor Robin Garrell (left) poses with a group of graduate students. Garrell will become the new dean of the graduate division on July 1.

courtesy of ROBIN GARRELL