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Jade Elliott, who studied jazz at UCLA, earned the opportunity of her young career: an all-expenses paid trip to Switzerland to perform at the high-profile event.

The fact that two related but distinct skeletal disorders share a common mechanism helps explain both normal and disordered skeletal development.

UCLA researchers from medicine, engineering, life sciences, physical sciences and dentistry, are among the recipients of the medical school’s 2018 Seed Grant Program.

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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.

Researchers from the School of Dentistry and the David Geffen School of Medicine will use a technology created in the lab of Dr. David Wong from the dental school.

The Semel HCI Center at UCLA invites the campus community to a mid-day mixer and fun and games break on Oct. 11 from 12 – 2 p.m. in the Court of Sciences.

The center, which is based in the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, includes faculty who work with immigrant communities in California and faculty who collaborate in more than 50 countries.

Chee Wei Wong has received the 2018 NIH trailblazer award for new and early stage investigators.

Amy Richlin received a C.J. Goodwin Award of Merit for her book “Slave Theater in the Roman Republic: Plautus and Popular Comedy.”

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Ross Szabo will be speaking at the second Global Summit for Mental Health Culture Change in London on Oct. 12.

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Previous research hinted that small cell cancers from different organs may be driven by common mechanisms, but the new study is the first to so clearly describe the steps in their evolution.

The gift from Louis and Harold Price Foundation will enable Dr. Daniel Lu, associate professor of neurosurgery, to test promising treatments, with the potential for groundbreaking therapies.

A class created by adjunct professor David Leaf will tell the band’s story through film, video and interviews with music industry executives.

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Pamela Hieronymi served as a consultant to Michael Schur, creator of the hit NBC sitcom, sharing insights into moral and ethical belief systems.

Ali Behdad hopes to lead the center to think about the Middle East in a global context, one that takes into account the region and its many diasporas.

UCLA participates in #PinkLA, in which buildings throughout the city are illuminated for Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

Hartsock pioneered the role making sure the university listened to the entire campus community.

Waugh, who was named to the role in 2008, will step down effective June 30, 2019.

Ric Ryan, 72, has raised $125,000 to support veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.

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Bruin Commuter Transit Benefit earned the Commuting Options in Public Transit award from the Association for Commuter Transportation.