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UCLA researchers are using genetics to find out whether the elusive Southern California snake is an endangered species.

Lecturer Tananarive Due uses the acclaimed horror blockbuster and other films and books to examine how depictions of blackness have shaped real-life attitudes and prejudice.

Pilot program teaches healthy eating and cooking skills to students in the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Fielding School of Public Health, the School of Dentistry and the School of Nursing.

Dozens of volunteers participated in an event at the Charles Young Research Library to help build detailed maps to assist relief efforts for the storm-ravaged island.

More than 3,000 UCLA volunteers hit 31 sites — schools, veterans services sites, parks, food banks, and senior and neighborhood centers — as part of the ninth annual day of service.

Five UCLA freshmen visited the cast and crew of “The Big Bang Theory” on set and joined in an eight-clap with actress, neuroscientist and alumna Mayim Bialik.

The ninth annual UCLA Volunteer Day will send students to more than 30 locations across Los Angeles to paint, clean, beautify and just make a difference.

As part of National Cyber Security Awareness Month at UCLA, there will be campus events for faculty, staff and students to learn how to better protect themselves against threats.

The new Silicon Beach Innovation Lab will offer students opportunities to gain work experience and network at Los Angeles tech companies.

With 130 bikes distributed at 18 hubs the Bruin Bike Share provides students, employees and visitors with a new option for on- and off-campus trips.

Beginning Oct. 2 there will be 12 on-campus passenger pick-up locations that will be active Mondays through Fridays between 7 a.m. and 6 p.m.

As part of the JusticeCorps program, which UCLA helped form in 2004 with the L.A. Superior Court, students make sure clients know their rights, assist with forms and help with translations.

In his speech to new students, UCLA Chancellor Gene Block praised the newest Bruins for reaching an important milestone, and encouraged them to embrace even challenging ideas.

This year the campus opens the First to Go living learning community to provide support for students who are the first in their families to attend college.

The campus is coming to life for the start of the academic year with festivals, concerts, film screenings, information sessions, networking events and tours.

The awards, which will be announced Oct. 30, are available exclusively to students at UCLA.

The voluntary service announced by Chancellor Gene Block will eventually be made available to the entire campus community, including those receiving care through UCLA Health.

Highlights of the more than 150 public events include theater and dance performances, faculty and student lectures and discussions and Pacific Standard Time museum exhibitions.

Students in the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs can get a head start on a public affairs minor by taking the class, now in its second year.

Those who complete the program will be prepared to fill a critical void in the workforce: helping growing urban centers thrive under the pressure of global climate change.

To help incoming Bruins prepare for life on campus, this summer members of the UCLA community are hosting more than 60 events around the world.

As the interdisciplinary program celebrates 20 years of scholarship and advocacy, chair Alicia Gaspar de Alba charts a path of continued growth.

Record-breaking 102,000 freshman applications coupled with more than 22,000 transfer student applications, results in most academically gifted and talented class in school history.

The video, titled “Leaders Made Here,” features students from the UCLA ROTC unit.

The collaboration will provide eight student singers with professional mentorship opportunities.