Twenty years ago, Michelle Christie nervously waited backstage as a group of deaf students performed a play she created for the first time. As she listened to the applause from the audience, Christie realized she could use theater as a form of speech therapy to help other deaf students. Read more...
Photo: Michelle Christie, founder of No Limits, a nonprofit for deaf children and families, poses with students. (Courtesy of No Limits)
Jessica Schroeder organizes every minute of a child’s day when she babysits, planning activities such as homework, napping and cleaning the house. When she babysat in high school, her organization skills earned parents’ trust. Read more...
Photo: Jessica Schroeder, a second-year psychology student, said her minor in applied developmental psychology, or child psychology, has influenced how she approaches her work in childcare. (Stella Huang/Daily Bruin)
This post was updated April 17 at 11:37 p.m. The undergraduate student government election board sanctioned a candidate Monday for comments made on his Facebook profile picture. Read more...
This post was updated April 18 at 11:00 a.m. The undergraduate student government election board sanctioned a slate Friday for violating social media regulations. The board ruled that all nine of this year’s Bruins United candidates had begun campaigning online before they were allowed. Read more...
The undergraduate student government election board sanctioned a candidate Friday for prematurely creating a Facebook page about her campaign. The board determined that Sayron Stokes, an independent candidate running for the transfer student representative position, violated conduct regulations by creating a page called “Sayron Stokes for UCLA USAC Transfer Representative” before social media campaigning was allowed. Read more...
The UCLA School of Law received a $20 million donation to form a new human rights institute, officials announced Monday. Producers of “The Promise,” a film about the Armenian genocide, will donate part of the film’s proceeds to launch the Promise Institute for Human Rights. Read more...
Photo: Jennifer Mnookin, dean of the UCLA School of Law, announced the establishment of a new institute focused on human rights law and policy at a Monday press conference. (Angelina Ruiz/Daily Bruin)
A new state bill, SB-439, that incorporates the recommendations from a recent UCLA study about health and juvenile justice passed earlier this month in the Senate’s committee on public safety. Read more...
