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July 29, 1:05 am

Alumni band spotlights special needs activists, Special Olympics in music video

This post was updated Aug. 8 at 4:51 p.m. Playing music with friends at sunset on a Malibu mountaintop can be described in many ways. For Caley Versfelt, the best word to use is “funtastic.” “It’s a word that I made up that’s fantastic and fun together,” Versfelt said. Read more...

Photo: Alumni band Hello Noon partnered with Special Olympics Southern California for their newest music video, which has received over 40,000 views. The band and Special Olympics members said their favorite moment during filming came when they got lost and decided spontaneously to film themselves playing their instruments on a mountaintop. (Courtesy of Stephen Spies)

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July 21, 11:05 pm

Vigil at UCLA calls attention to inhumane conditions at detention centers

Lisa Gantz spent a month during her medical training working at a legal clinic along the Texas-Mexico border, and visited several detention centers in the area. Read more...

Photo: Student groups UndocuMed Students and Allies at UCLA and Immigrant Youth Task Force at UCLA held a vigil last week to call attention to inhumane conditions at U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement immigrant detention centers on the U.S.-Mexico border. Speakers discussed their personal experiences and what they saw when they visited the centers. (Courtesy of UndocuMed Students and Allies at UCLA)

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July 8, 1:18 am

Former UCLA cardiologist and professor remembered for contributions to community

Glenn Langer, a former director of cardiovascular research at UCLA who helped mentor more than 600 disadvantaged Los Angeles public school students, died June 19 at 91 years old. Read more...

Photo: Glenn Langer, former director of the UCLA Cardiovascular Research Laboratory, died June 19 at 91 years old. After retiring in 1997, Langer ultimately used over $600,000 of his retirement savings to help disadvantaged public school students attend and graduate from college. (Courtesy of Partnership Scholars Program)

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July 1, 10:45 am

Animal-assisted therapy group supports students, UCLA Health patients and staff

Erin Rice once watched her therapy dog make a 6-year-old boy open his eyes, look at his mother and begin communicating after a surgery that removed one hemisphere of his brain. Read more...

Photo: UCLA Health’s People-Animal Connection program began when a cardiology nurse noticed patients who had fish tanks in their rooms did better during medical treatment. It connects therapy dogs, and one therapy miniature horse, to students and UCLA Health patients. (Courtesy of UCLA People-Animal Connection)

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June 24, 2:04 am

UCLA student club qualifies as 1 of 9 teams in international drone competition

A student group will be competing in a drone race this fall for a chance to win over $1 million. Formula Drone at UCLA is a club that partakes in “anything and everything” to do with drones, said Gerald Ko, the president of Formula Drone and a rising third-year computer engineering student. Read more...

Photo: Formula Drone at UCLA will race its drone against eight other teams in the fall for the chance to win over $1 million. The competition, sponsored by government contractor Lockheed Martin, aims to push forward technology combing unmanned aircraft and artificial intelligence. (Courtesy of Formula Drone at UCLA)

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June 23, 3:34 pm

Protesters gather in LA in response to recent acts committed by Sudanese government

More than 100 people gathered in Sawtelle and Century City on Thursday to protest the military government of Sudan for violently repressing Sudan’s civilian revolution. Members of the Los Angeles Sudanese community held a demonstration in front of the consulates general of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates to denounce their involvement in the revolution in Sudan. Read more...

Photo: Members of the Los Angeles Sudanese community gathered to condemn recent acts committed against civilians by Sudan’s current military government and called for an end to the humanitarian crisis affecting the area. (Jintak Han/Daily Bruin senior staff)


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