Students pulled a sled around the track of Drake Stadium Sunday morning, serenading Relay For Life participants with lyrics from Disney’s “Frozen” in an effort to keep them energized. Read more...
Photo: (Jasmine Aquino/Daily Bruin)
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April 27, 11:42 am
Drake Stadium lights up with hope to honor loved ones lost to cancer
The original version of this article contained an error and has been changed. See the bottom of the article for additional information. The Drake Stadium lights shut down as the crowd sat in silence for the start of the Luminaria Ceremony at Relay for Life Saturday night. Read more...
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April 26, 10:39 pm
Students, participants donate hair at UCLA’s Relay for Life
Cutting off their hair was another way for many students at Saturday’s Relay For Life event to help patients fighting cancer. The design team from Paul Mitchell The School Sherman Oaks provided $10 haircuts for donation to the American Cancer Society, a nonprofit organization that aims to eliminate cancer. Read more...
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April 26, 4:41 pm
Cancer survivors speak at opening of UCLA Relay for Life
Alex Munoz saw her years of gymnastics training fall aside when she was diagnosed with cancer as a junior in high school. The former elite-level gymnast and third-year psychobiology student went from training daily to not having the strength to leave her bed. Read more...
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April 25, 12:55 am
UCLA bone marrow drive to help patients with blood cancer
Through caring for her father’s leukemia, Florence Roussotte is helping match numerous blood cancer patients with potentially life-saving bone marrow donations. Roussotte is going to bring her efforts to UCLA on Friday afternoon at a marrow donor registry drive in the MacDonald Medical Research Laboratory. Read more...
Photo: Postdoctoral neuroscience student Florence Roussotte works with her friend Eric Slater to organize a marrow donor registry drive, which will take place on Friday. She is organizing the drive in large part for her father, the man in the photo behind her, who has leukemia. (Neil Bedi/Daily Bruin senior staff)
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April 25, 12:52 am
Congress members urge UC to continue funding Lick Observatory
Thirty-five members of Congress from California have signed a letter released to the public on Wednesday, urging the University of California to keep funding the Lick Observatory. Read more...
Photo: Several members of Congress joined a number of people calling for the University of California to continue funding to the University’s oldest observatory, which is set to lose all UC funds by 2018. Courtesy of Elinor Gates
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April 25, 12:49 am
Ally Week events encourage support for LGBTQ community
Aaron Kinsfather kept track of the order of every person he came out to. The 17th person – his older sister – became his pillar of support during his turbulent high school years. Read more...
Photo: Aaron Kinsfather, a first-year psychology student, was a student facilitator for Wednesday night’s Q&A Misconceptions Panel for Ally Week, which aims to educate students on how to support members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community. (Angie Wang/Daily Bruin)