After dropping out of high school, Juan Fernández overcame a history of addiction and homophobic bullying to help lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender youth through volunteer and research efforts at UCLA. Read more...
Photo: Juan Fernandez, a fourth-year Chicana/o studies transfer student, said he wants to share the lessons he’s learned from battling addiction to help others overcome similar problems. (Matt Cummings/Daily Bruin)
UCLA professors, students and workers publish many papers and reports each year about research in fields that help shape government policy, health care systems and technology. Read more...
Angela Campos wanted to spend her summer working at the law firm Bergman Dacey Goldsmith in Westwood Village, and when she was offered a spot in its internship program, she said she couldn’t wait to begin. Read more...
Jennifer Wilson said she initially intended to get a bachelor’s degree in physics at the University of Birmingham in England, but decided to pursue American literature after she read Herman Melville’s “Moby-Dick” in one sitting. Read more...
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Swipes for the Homeless has facilitated the donation of more than 95,000 swipes worth of food since the club was founded in 2009. The majority of the donations go to UCLA students with unexpected financial burdens. Read more...
Photo: Third-year business economics student Bianca Natt donates swipes to UCLA club Swipes for the Homeless. Club members Tiana Austel, a second-year psychology and communication studies student, and Javier Fernandez, a first-year business economics student, collected swipes outside De Neve Dining Hall during dinner hours. (Evaneet Sidhu/Daily Bruin)
Donald Shoup can bike from the Luskin School of Public Affairs to his nearby home without pedaling. Read more...
Photo: Urban planning professor Donald Shoup will retire at the end of the quarter after spending 41 years researching urban planning policy and parking regulations. (Max Himmelrich/Daily Bruin staff)
Nabil Alshurafa and Rajaa Alrayyes rushed through the menu at a bakery in Egypt days before their wedding ceremony. Preoccupied with their studies, they picked out their wedding cake in less than a minute. Read more...
Photo: Nabil Alshurafa, a graduate student in computer science, and Rajaa Alrayyes, a fifth-year civil engineering student, demonstrate one of Alshurafa’s programs, a phone application that tracks physical activity and nutrition. (Alyssa Dorn/Daily Bruin)
