Diana Meneses didn't know what to do after she decided to become a medical social worker.
Meneses, a third-year sociology student, was at a loss for what classes to take; she knew few people in the field, and the counseling services on campus were not open during the gaps in her schedule. Read more...
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Arash Nasibi
Accidents involving university-owned vehicles have cost UCLA more than $2 million over the past five years, a UCLA safety specialist said. Read more...
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Campus accidents involving university vehicles have cost UCLA more than $2 million over the last five years. Cellphone distraction is the leading cause of accidents.
Hemp is not marijuana.
At least, that's what UCLA Sustainability hopes to address in tonight's discussion panel "Hemp for Performance, Profit and the Planet." Read more...
UCLA has responded to the call for aid in the two weeks after a 9.0 earthquake and tsunami rocked Japan. Read more...
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UCLA critical care pediatrician Kozue Shimabukuro has joined a pediatric response team and helped establish clinics to aid sick and orphaned children in Japan.
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Gov. Jerry Brown officially signed off on Thursday on a $500 million cut to the University of California, and even deeper reductions may be on the way. Read more...
A UCLA student woke up at 6 a.m. after a long night of drinking to discover drawings all over his body. Puzzled, he made it to his 9 a.m. class with artwork still on him and no recollection of how it had gotten there.
"I was at a party, and everyone was drinking. It was like a competition," said the student, who wishes to remain anonymous.
"The last thing I remember is dancing on top of a table." Read more...
Pediatric dentist Deya Sanchez spent an ordinary day in March seeing patients in the UCLA Venice Dental Center in Venice. Read more...
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Residents from the Community Health and Advocacy Training-Pediatric Dentistry program treat children at a clinic. A group recently traveled to Washington, D.C., to advocate for better funding and dental benefits.
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