Students participating in the event made one mobile made up of 1,000 cranes. Student group Bruins Fighting Pediatric Cancer, the organizers of the event, will give the cranes to cancer patients at Mattel's Childrens Hospital UCLA. Read more...
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Divya Gupta, second-year biology student, participates in the third annual Cranes for Cancer event, which is put on by Bruins Fighting Pediatric Cancer.
Gov. Jerry Brown's proposed budget revision for next year would make Cal Grant requirements more stringent, which could substantially restrict access to financial aid for 80,000 University of California students, officials said. Read more...
Growing up in an area of New Jersey polluted by smoke from burning garbage dumps, Jackson said he understood the relationship between public health and the environment from a young age. Read more...
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UCLA Professor Richard Jackson
Students are often told to plan ahead, but a new study suggests that too much planning ahead to achieve multiple specific goals may actually obstruct one's ability to complete that goal. Read more...
A racial discrimination lawsuit filed by a UCLA head and neck surgeon against the UC Board of Regents last month has garnered widespread attention in recent weeks. Read more...
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A YouTube video and a Change.org petition were recently created in support of Dr. Christian Head, a UCLA surgeon who filed a lawsuit against the UC Board of Regents last month.
This fall, students can learn how to be philanthropists Â"“ and donate $100,000 to local nonprofits. Read more...
May 24, 2012 – Steve Collett, first-year graduate student in public policy, knows the odds are stacked squarely against him.
Running for Congress as a Libertarian is hard enough. Running against an 18-term incumbent with a war chest of nearly $1 million is tougher still. And running on a platform where the legalization of marijuana is the signature issue may be the toughest sell yet.
But Collett isn't mounting a campaign for federal office just to sway the debate.
He thinks he can win.
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"UCLA graduate student and Libertarian Steve Collett runs for Congress"Not many students can juggle five classes, a business and a congressional campaign. Read more...
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Steve Collett, a graduate student at the Luskin School of Public Affairs, is currently running for Congress. Last week, Collett participated in a debate hosted by the Santa Monica Law Club at UCLA with four other candidates seeking to win a seat for the 33rd Congressional District.
