Sometimes Michael Marra can barely lift open his eyelids.
They weigh down, leaving him with only a slit of vision, a slice of his surroundings.
It's a casualty of the cancer that's worn down his body for two and a half years over 11 cycles of chemotherapy. Read more...

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Professor Michael Marra is a UCLA professor of Japanese literature, aesthetics and hermeneutics, and is currently battling a terminal disease in its last stage. Despite his struggles, he continues to teach.

Right out of medical school, Betzy Salcedo had a clinic and a single nurse to address the medical needs of 3,500 people. She faced her share of challenges as the only doctor in a rural town in Mexico with severely limited resources. Read more...

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Betzy Salcedo is a UCLA International Medical Graduate. The program trains medical graduates from Latin American countries for medical board licensing exams and residency programs.

Courtesy of Betzy Salcedo

The longest run by any player during Sunday's Super Bowl was 18 yards. Read more...

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Yilan Shi, a fourth-year molecular, cell and developmental biology student gets her hair cut for Locks of Love.

Correction: Because of a technical error, the original version of this caption was for the incorrect photo.

Richard Orgell, former Associated Students UCLA alumni representative, died on Jan. Read more...

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Richard Orgell

Twenty-five parents gathered in a Brentwood Starbucks over the weekend to discuss their experiences as Bruin parents, just hours after a group of UCLA parents sat down together at a Starbucks in Tokyo to do the same. Read more...

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Parents of UCLA students meet in Hong Kong for a coffee social organized by Bruin Parents and Families Coffee Socials.

Courtesy of JEFFREY SHAM

Once a month, Ayesha Bulegoda spends her day cooking a dinner of Indian food for her 400-plus roommates. Read more...

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Fourth-year anthropology student Sarah Tadayon lives in the Co-op, part of the University Cooperative Housing Association.