The highlight of Amy Chen's spring break was chatting up a Morgan Freeman look-a-like in a homeless shelter in Salinas. Read more...
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Student volunteers Austin Logie, left, Coki Ta, middle, and Clare Bajamundi paint a bathroom on the second floor of the building that is being converted into
transitional housing for patrons of Dorothy’s Place.
Courtesy of Coki Ta
UCLA students on their way to finals donated $1,500 to relief efforts in Japan. The Nikkei Student Union, a Japanese American student group, quickly mobilized a donation drive that began Monday on Bruin Walk, said Kevin Machino, the club's president. Read more...
At least 2,400 deaths have been reported in the wake of a 9.0 magnitude earthquake and tsunami that devastated Japan on Friday. Read more...
Kelli Fallon is no stranger to lobbying California state legislators and fighting for student issues in higher education. Read more...
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A delegation of students with UCLA’s Bruin Lobby Corps gathers at the Capitol while attending the Student Lobby Conference in Sacramento in February.
Courtesy of Cristopher Santos
Though they have since returned from their campaigns in the Middle East, student veterans like Oliver Kay have remained committed to their fellow soldiers long after stepping off the battlefield. Read more...
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British army veteran and second-year Arabic student Oliver Kay will be running the Los Angeles Marathon with the goal of raising money to help injured veterans return to civilian life.
Increasingly scarce jobs in the private sector have led a new generation of college students to look to nonprofit organizations and public service jobs for post-graduation employment. According to the New York Times' analysis of the American Community Survey from the United States Census Bureau, the number of college graduates working for the federal government increased 16 percent from 2008 to 2009, and 11 percent for nonprofit organizations. UCLA does not offer specific numbers for graduates heading to the public sector, but surveys by the College of Letters and Science reflect unsteadiness in the job market. Read more...
Ilona Gerbakher was working as a translator at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C., when a research fellow requested her aid in a project. Read more...
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In April, fourth-year Middle Eastern and North African studies student Ilona Gerbakher will be presenting her senior honors thesis on female intellect in Islamic law to Congress.
Courtesy of ILONA GERBAKHER
