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Carissa Phelps, who received her M.B.A. from the UCLA Anderson School and J.D. from UCLA School of Law, was once a victim of human trafficking and is now an author and advocate for those forced into the sex trades.

The first survey of undocumented college students shows that worries about financial hardship and fears of deportation undermine students’ chances for success in college.

On Sunday at the Chancellor's Residence, New York Senator and UCLA Law alumna Kirsten Gillibrand shared her personal journey in public service with UCLA Law alumnae at an event marking the official launch of a law school initiative aimed at empowering and supporting the school's women graduates.

UCLA Musicology will open the floodgates of Bruin faculty and student musical talent Thursday, Jan. 29 with “UCLA Sings!” The free concert launches a two-day conference.

Viruses are incredibly simple, arguably the most simple living organisms on the planet. But they are wreaking havoc in many parts of the world. Here are some facts about viruses.

The application period for the next staff advisor-designate to the UC regents is now open. Staff members will have until March 6 to submit an application. The new staff advisor will serve on the Board of Regents from July 2015 through June 2017.

Renowned UCLA transplant surgeon Dr. Ronald W. Busuttil has been awarded the Hospital Physician Leadership Award by the Los Angeles County Medical Association.  

UCLA Transportation’s focus on alternative transportation and success in reducing traffic and emissions at UCLA won an award from the California Environmental Protection Agency

As the UC system marches toward its goal of carbon neutrality by 2025, UCLA is doing its part by using less energy in buildings, converting half of its fleet to alternative-fuel vehicles and adding LEED-certified green buildings.

Using a series of weekly 30-minute concerts held in various campus locations, Mindful Music, a community project that features some of UCLA’s most talented music students, aims to shed light on how music impacts personal stress levels.

UCLA employees interested in the convenience of sending their children to a school that’s close to campus should sign up.

The study showed that children’s readiness for kindergarten was influenced not only by whether they attend preschool, but also by their families’ behaviors, attitudes and values.

Expanding customer access to energy data can bring cleaner, more efficient power to Californians, save money and boost emerging clean technologies, according to a new report by the Climate Change and Business Research Initiative, a partnership between UCLA and UC Berkeley schools of law.

The team, which will begin ground operations in early 2015, hopes the study will provide new insights into preventing osteoporosis and regrowing bone.

Distinguished Professor Ali Mosleh, the Evalyn Knight Chair in Engineering at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science, has been named the first director of the B. John Garrick Institute for the Risk Sciences at UCLA.

Studies led by Rosario Signorello, a postdoctoral scholar in head and neck surgery at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, suggest that anyone can start sounding like a leader with voice training.

In a forthcoming book, UCLA classics professor Kathryn Morgan shows how a tyrant who ruled an influential ancient Greek colony in the early part of the fifth century B.C. tried to bolster his position by trumpeting the successes of his horses in chariot races.

UCLA Education and Information Studies Dean Marcelo Suárez-Orozco was among eight faculty members in the school who were featured in Education Week’s annual “Rick Hess Straight Up Edu-Scholar Public Influence Rankings.”

The Ready to Work program, run by the Los Angeles Black Worker Center, a project of the UCLA Labor Center, helps blacks in L.A. qualify for union apprenticeships in the trades.

A gift by television creator and executive producer Darren Star has made possible the renovation of a 54-seat screening room at the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television.

Sarah Stein has been awarded a National Jewish Book Award for her work as the co-author of "Sephardi Lives: A Documentary History, 1700-1950." Stein was honored in the category of Sephardic culture and was given the Mimi S. Frank Award. 

Join the UCLA Department of History for a panel discussion on World War I in the Fowler Museum's Lenart Auditorium on January 27 at 7 p.m. UCLA's James Gelvin, Ivan T. Berend and Geoffrey Symcox will be speaking.

UCLA Chancellor Gene Block writes in a Los Angeles Times op-ed that President Obama’s proposal to make two years of community college free is a bold step to equalize opportunity for all.

UCLA History professor Brenda Stevenson, has received the Ida B. Wells Award for Bravery in Journalism from Womensenews.org.

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