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Nov 19, 2009
UC to help reopen South L.A.'s MLK hospital
Los Angeles County Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas addresses the media after the UC regents approved a UC-county partnership to reopen Martin Luther King Jr. Hospital. Regent William De La Peña and Chancellor Gene Block appear in...Nov 19, 2009
Campus groups working with L.A. children, youth join forces
Scores of campus organizations that deliver UCLA services to children and youth in Los Angeles-area schools came together recently to connect and collaborate. Bruin Corps, the UCLA Volunteer Center, the Latin American Institute and Mattel...Nov 18, 2009
Holiday season's the time to help those in need
Every year, numerous UCLA departments invite the campus community to join them in making the holidays happier for many throughout Los Angeles. Here are some opportunities to get involved: Holiday Toy Drive Being hospitalized can be...Nov 17, 2009
Mattel pediatricians offer tips on flu vaccines, healthy weight
Doctors from Mattel Children's Hospital gave advice on the H1N1 (swine flu) vaccine, along with tips for helping kids maintain a healthy weight, to UCLA staff and faculty at a Staff Assembly Learn-at-Lunch meeting on Nov. 10. "Each year,...Nov 13, 2009
Sidebar: Putting presidents' words to music
Read the main article: Lincoln inspires a return to the "great books" Exactly 146 years ago, President Abraham Lincoln delivered one of the most monumental speeches in United States history – the Gettysburg Address. President...Nov 10, 2009
Connecting Watts with Westwood
A day in Watts, just 30 minutes from Westwood. “Going to UCLA, I feel like a lot of students are so caught up in this ‘bubble’,” hardly aware of rough-edged Los Angeles beyond Westwood. Terry Kim, who made...Nov 09, 2009
Lighting a fire for human rights
When Jack Healey, founder and president of the Human Rights Action Center, came to UCLA on Nov. 5, his purpose was clear: to inspire undergraduates to dedicate themselves to the universal struggle for human rights, as he has done for nearly three decades. Jack...Nov 06, 2009
Explore the Universe — on south campus
The sun, the moon and the stars — enjoy all this and more during “Exploring the Universe,” a family-friendly open house presented by UCLA’s departments of Physics and Astronomy, Earth and Space Sciences, and Atmospheric Sciences....Nov 06, 2009
From war to Westwood: when soldiers become students
A new UCLA class is reaching out to a unique kind of incoming Bruin: veterans relearning how to live as civilians after service in the military. In the safety of the all-vets class, they discuss their impatience with students who think midterms...
