Gary Hayashi frequently offers counsel to individuals who have lost their identities trying to mirror others’ expectations and struggle to come out as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender. Read more...

Photo: Several graduate students participated in the annual Qgrad conference, discussing research related to issues the LGBT community faces. (Alejandra Reyes/Daily Bruni senior staff)

Philippe Videau held a single flexible strip of connected triangular pieces in his hands. Seconds ago, the product was an entire bike helmet with an organic frame made of mycelium, a structure found in mushrooms. Read more...

Photo: Philippe Videau, a fifth-year aerospace engineering student, helped create a flexible helmet that can mold to customized head shapes from a structure found in mushrooms. (Miriam Bribiesca/Daily Bruin senior staff)

Marco Ferreira’s recovery process has been a long one, consisting of three surgeries, ongoing physical rehabilitation and numerous visits from therapy dogs. In 2008, Ferreira was involved in a motorcycle accident that resulted in a traumatic brain injury and left him in a coma for six weeks. Read more...

Photo: Gigi Schiller, a staff member for People-Animal Connection, pets Larry, one of the program’s 70 therapy dogs. The program, which was founded in 1994, has dogs visit patients, staff and families in different UCLA Health centers to help them in recovery. (Michael Zshornack/Daily Bruin)