As campus wound down for the weekend this spring, one classroom buzzed with eager students, cultural connection and Cantonese conversation.
Cheer Wu, a doctoral student in Chinese linguistics, began teaching an informal Cantonese course every Friday after meeting Cantonese speakers as a teaching assistant in the Chinese department.

Alexis Alemán and Irvin Garcia did not expect to amass more than 350,000 followers when they started the Instagram account @foosinmedicine.
But now students have told Alemán, who will graduate this spring with a master’s in social science, and Garcia, who graduated from the David Geffen School of Medicine, that they pursued professional degrees because of the account.

A UCLA club is partnering with local senior living homes and engaging in research to raise awareness about Alzheimer’s disease and dementia.
Brain-Health Education and Advocacy Movement at UCLA works with the Mary S.

The Undergraduate Writing Center received a $6 million donation from alumnus Kwame J. Granderson on May 19, allowing the center to continue its operations for years to come.

This post was updated June 9 at 9:10 p.m.
Education and information studies lecturer Julie Pelikhova has taught student-athletes and coaches to prioritize their mental health for six years.

This post was updated June 6 at 8:56 p.m.
Most people learn CPR in case of a once-in-a-lifetime medical emergency.
But for Tazan Gallardo, a senior emergency trauma technician at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, performing CPR is a daily occurrence that allows him to help save lives.

This post was updated June 3 at 9:57 p.m.
UCLA’s School of Theater, Film and Television plans to reverse a controversial proposed change to its undergraduate narrative directing program, professors said Wednesday.