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  Photo by Bill Short/UCLA Photo Develyn Smith,a Bruin advisor at Crenshaw High School, talks with UCLA Chancellor Albert Carnesale Thursday during his visit to award Blue and Gold scholarships. Read more...

By Marcelle Richards Daily Bruin Senior Staff While trekking the rain forests of New Guinea last month, physiology Professor Jared Diamond received word he had won the 2001 John and Alice Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement. Read more...

  EDWARD LIN/Daily Bruin Pest control technicians sift through shrubbery around the Bomb Shelter by hand and with vacuums to recover rat poison pellets By Kevin Lee Daily Bruin Contributor Poison intended to kill rats near the Bomb Shelter eatery has allegedly killed at least one squirrel and for a short while may have posed a threat to humans. Read more...

  ANGIE LEVINE Sergio Martinez, the first secretary of the Cuban interests section speaks on Wednesday. By Michaele Turnage Daily Bruin Contributor A night intended to commemorate the 40th anniversary of Cuba’s victory over the U.S. Read more...

Grandparenting on the rise in California, U.S. Nearly 500,000 children in California are being raised in households headed by their grandparents, a number that has been rising steadily, a UC researcher reports in the March-April issue of California Agriculture. Read more...

  Photos by JANA SUMMERS Jean Ridgeway teaches children about Chumash Indians at Stunt Ranch, a piece of land set aside for University of California field studies in Santa Monica Mountains. Read more...