Roberta Malmgren had never taught a class and held no teaching credentials when she stood before her first group of students in Tanzania. Read more...
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UCLA epidemiology Professor Roberta Malmgren volunteered with the Peace Corps as an upper primary teacher in Tanzania from 1963-1965.
Leading the salsa club during his time at UCLA taught one former student skills that have come back to help him in his campaign for Los Angeles City Council. Read more...
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Rich Goodman
A team of five students discovered illegal tampering of a high-speed nozzle and made recommendations to improve sustainability in dining facilities on the Hill. Read more...
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Green Campus Program member and third-year environmental science student Sirena Lao shows attendees at the UCLA Sustainability Fair how to save energy in their dorms.
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Advocating cuts to the University of California administrative ranks, student group UCLA Fights Back mobilized about 100 local students, workers and union members as part of a national day of action defending public education. Read more...
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Demonstrators gathered in Bruin Plaza on Wednesday to protest the effects of budget cuts on UCLA and other UC campuses.
Michael F. Marra, a professor of Japanese literature, aesthetics and hermeneutics, died Feb. 23 after a two-and-a-half-year battle with cancer. Read more...
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Michael F. Marra
Professor of Japanese literature, aesthetics and hermeneutics
Following a student demonstration demanding ethically manufactured clothing, Associated Students UCLA pledged to order $70,000 of apparel from Alta Gracia, a manufacturer that follows fair labor standards. Read more...
In mid-February, the governor of Wisconsin proposed a plan to strip workers' unions of collective bargaining rights. Read more...
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Dozens of UC employees and union members gathered in Bruin Plaza Wednesday.
