Tuesday, May 26


UCLA's Billie Weiss named 'local hero' for her work in communities affected by violence

Gilbert Salinas was an ex-gang member who had just been released from jail. Gun wounds to his spinal cord had left him a paraplegic, and he wasn't sure what to do with his new freedom. Read more...

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Billie Weiss, an associate director of the Southern California Injury Prevention Research Program at the UCLA School of Public Health, was recently awarded for her research and work with people affected by violence.

Credit: KCET Television/Los Angeles





Alumna McCall Zerboni auctions signed sports bras for breast cancer research

Female athletes signing sports bras with encouraging messages is the centerpiece of a fundraiser for breast cancer research launched by Zerboni and family friend David Bayer, who brought his family to watch Zerboni play professionally for the Atlanta Beat. Read more...

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Courtesy of McCALL ZERBONI

McCall Zerboni, who played soccer for UCLA from 2005-2009, poses with the trophy from the 2011 Women’s Professional Soccer breast cancer game.