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UCLA hosts Jackie Robinson Fantasy Camp for Veterans
Those in attendance also got to watch the Bruins baseball team practice and chat with players and head coach John Savage.
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UCLA offers assistance to students, families and caregivers with college application process
About 600 Los Angeles-area eighth through 11th graders and their parents, guardians and caregivers attended this year’s “Get College Ready” event.
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Voters — not Mueller or Congress — will end Trump’s presidency
At a Zócalo Public Square/UCLA Downtown event scholars said legal and political realities make it difficult to remove a president, even if he’s broken the law.
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Army honors UCLA heroes of 405 freeway crash
Maj. Steve Kwon, Maj. Tyrone Vargas, Romeo Miguel and Victoria Sanelli received recognition from the U.S. Army Cadet Command for their bravery.
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Thanks to UCLA and Make-A-Wish, 6-year-old gymnast scores a perfect 10
Joselin Palma became a member of the UCLA gymnastics team for a day as part of Make-A-Wish Greater Los Angeles’ 10,000th granted wish.
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How will the Supreme Court remake America?
Legal scholars on Zócalo/UCLA Downtown panel see corporations and defendants gaining protection, while reproductive rights and affirmative action wither.
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UCLA Law’s Reentry Clinic helps Angelenos with criminal records get back on their feet
In its decade of work, the clinic has trained 400-plus volunteers and helped more than 2,800 people secure things like employment, housing, and education.
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UCLA student veterans bring VA garden back to life
For the last two years volunteers have done work restoring and maintaining the 15-acre garden.
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Fellowship co-led by UCLA prepares ethnic media to better cover California water issues
The Laboratory for Environmental Narrative Strategies was founded in 2016 to support the creation of media about environmental issues for non-English speakers and people from different cultural backgrounds.
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UCLA team helps create facility for Ugandan women who suffered childbirth injuries
The new 50-bed Centre for Gynecologic and Fistula Care at Mbarara Hospital will treat fistulas caused during obstructed labor.
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Nearly 200 UCLA volunteers treat the uninsured at the annual Care Harbor free clinic
About 1,700 people received treatment from internal medicine physicians, dentists, optometrists and nurses at the three-day clinic held in downtown Los Angeles.
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Take time to go Exploring Your Universe, UCLA’s free science festival, on Nov. 4
Learn about nanotechnology, meteorites and dinosaurs, among other science topics. Actress, author and mathematics alumna Danica McKellar will receive a science and education award.
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$20.1 million grant expands UCLA Operation Mend’s mental health program
Wounded Warrior Project funding will allow more post 9-11 veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress and mild traumatic brain injury to receive treatment.
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Come marvel at the moon through a UCLA telescope on Oct. 20
The free event will include moon dust, meteorites and lunar experts. The viewing is part of International Observe the Moon Night, an annual worldwide celebration that encourages appreciation of the moon.
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Program coaches lower-income women about health and money
Iris Cantor-UCLA Women’s Health Center partners with other organizations to help Los Angeles-area women by bringing classes to locations convenient for them.
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UCLA to celebrate Indigenous Peoples Day
The event in Bruin Plaza on Oct. 9 is sponsored by the American Indian Studies Center and will feature singing, refreshments and a screening of Native short films in Kaplan Hall.
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Vietnam veteran marks 10 years of walks to raise money for UCLA’s Operation Mend
Ric Ryan, 72, has raised $125,000 to support veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.
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UCLA Volunteer Day makes an impact in L.A. and around the world
The 10th anniversary of the annual day of service included helping veterans in West Los Angeles, a village cleanup in Namibia and a blood drive in Hong Kong.
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UCLA trains outdoor workers in California to protect against extreme heat
The classes, which teach people to be trainers, began as a response to the need for community-level education that helps ensure workers have adequate protections.
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10th UCLA Volunteer Day to go global, make it easier for staff and faculty to join
Thousands of Bruins will spread across Los Angeles — and this year sites around the world — for the annual day of service on Sept. 29.
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UCLA’s impact on California economy is $11.06 billion
Chancellor Gene Block said the new report “allows us to demonstrate how every dollar invested in UCLA pays substantial dividends back to people throughout our state.”
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Journalist Jorge Ramos talks about UCLA and his immigrant roots
Facebook video by the award-winning Univision anchor features a recent UCLA graduate whose immigrant father works on campus.
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UCLA Extension program boosts access and opportunity for Native youth
The Tribal Leadership and Community Development Certificate began with 23 students and now has more than 200 enrollees.
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UCLA awarded $9.3 million to help provide prostate cancer treatment in the community
The state-funded IMPACT program provides access to free treatment for uninsured and underinsured men in California.
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Free sunscreen offered at Santa Monica and Malibu beaches this summer
UCLA Health joins a campaign to promote sun safety with dozens of sunscreen dispenser kiosks at Los Angeles-area beaches.
- Thursday, April 18, 2019