After more than a day of searching, police found former UCLA student Nancy Salas alive and well in central California on Thursday at around 2:30 p.m. She has been brought back to her hometown by Glendale police for questioning. Read more...
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May 13, 10:38 pm
Missing student found safe in Merced
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May 13, 10:38 pm
Recession lowers international funding to fight AIDS
Developing countries are struggling to combat AIDS as international funding is decreasing, according to a recent report by Doctors Without Borders. Read more...
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May 12, 10:34 pm
Report urges graduate funding
Laura Loeb always wanted to be a professor. A second-year doctoral student in sociology, Loeb is paying for her six-year degree program mostly through university-allocated stipends and teaching assistant work. Read more...
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May 12, 10:32 pm
Unrest in Thailand doesn’t faze study abroad students
Reports of political unrest and violent protests might be enough to deter some students from studying abroad in Bangkok, the epicenter of a seemingly relentless struggle for power in Thailand. Read more...
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May 12, 10:30 pm
Student disability projects honored
Shareen Nizami was motivated to engage in disabilities studies after watching her younger brother struggle for years against unfair treatment by school administrators, who placed him in English as a second language classes and punished him for daydreaming, thinking he had ADD "“ Attention Deficit Disorder. Read more...
Photo: English student Michelle Tang (left) and political science student Shareen Nizami (right) won the Jessie Alpaugh Senior Prize in Disability Studies.
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May 12, 10:23 pm
Professionals share international experiences
When Kantathi Suphamongkhon first stepped onto the UCLA campus in 1973, he was an undergraduate pre-med student. At the time, his father was the Thai ambassador to the U.S., but Suphamongkhon wanted to keep his career options open. Read more...
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May 12, 10:21 pm
UCLA Peer Health Exchange gives health education
In many high school health classes, students might be put off by their teachers' teaching topics such as contraception and drug abuse. Read more...
Photo: The UCLA student group Peer Health Educators visits high schools throughout Los Angeles to educate students about health issues.