NICOLE MILLER/Daily Bruin William Hall, 15, spends some time with Saki, a golden retriever. Saki is a part of People Animal Connection, a group that brings dogs to visit patients in hospitals. Read more...

1951 TO 2001: FIVE DECADES OF CHANGE Through the years, the UCLA School of Medicine has undergone enormous changes and progress, accompanied by what the dean calls an unchanging commitment to excellence. Read more...

  Keith Ditman By Marcelle Richards Daily Bruin Senior Staff A former UCLA psychiatry professor, Keith Ditman spent his last years at his private practice where he saw patients just weeks before his death. Read more...

Faculty member leaves behind music Harold Land, a tenor saxophonist and faculty member of the UCLA Jazz Studies Program, died of a stroke July 27. He was 73. Read more...

By Robert Salonga Daily Bruin Staff Increased funding for student-initiated outreach programs throughout the University of California, as outlined in the 2001-02 state budget, could be jeopardized by cuts made to the overall outreach budget. Read more...

By Leo Wallach Daily Bruin Contributor The University of California Press has suffered a decline in sales for the first time in its 108-year history. The drop in revenue ““ which Press officials would not specify ““ in the last fiscal year jeopardizes publication of numerous scholarly works that are funded by sales of the press’ less academic and more widely-read books. Read more...