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Three people were injured today when heavy winds blew over a truss at the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books on the UCLA campus, UCLA police and fire officials said.

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UCLA, the FBI, the city of Los Angeles and the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives are offering up to $475,000 in reward money in connection with crimes targeting UCLA researchers who use animals in their work.

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A new report by UCLA researchers reveals higher-than-average rates of cancer, childhood obesity and diabetes, and an alarmingly high population of the uninsured, among California’s Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander communities.

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The David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA ranks 11th among the nation’s research-based medical schools and 10th among primary care medical school programs, according to U.S. News & World Report’s annual survey of the best graduate schools in the United States.

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“The Entrepreneurial Road Less Traveled” will feature 11 panels and workshops, bringing together M.B.A. students, entrepreneurs, financiers and business professionals to explore new entrepreneurial opportunities in an uncertain business environment.

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Several hundred UCLA faculty, students and staff gathered at the corner of Westwood Boulevard and Le Conte Avenue Wednesday morning to support biomedical research that involves laboratory animals. They are expected to march through campus to the Court of Sciences for a noon rally.

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UCLA Pro-Test, a group of faculty, staff and students, is holding a rally April 22 to demonstrate support for biomedical research involving laboratory animals and to show solidarity with researchers subjected to criminal harassment by anti–animal research extremists.

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The new fellows and 19 foreign honorary members join one of the nation’s most prestigious honorary societies and independent policy research centers.

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UCLA faculty, graduate students, visiting researchers, high school instructors and local puzzle masters will guide students as they test their skills and learn new math topics in a fun-filled, hands-on environment.

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The UCLA Medal, the university’s highest honor, has been awarded to Dr. Jonathan Fielding, director of the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health and a UCLA professor, for his work as an leader and innovator in public health.

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The author of a landmark report on preventing from engaging in genocide, ethnic cleansing, war crimes or crimes against humanity said Tuesday at UCLA that the international community is coming to realize that “the sin is not intervention, the sin is indifference.”

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The author of a landmark report on preventing from engaging in genocide, ethnic cleansing, war crimes or crimes against humanity said Tuesday at UCLA that the international community is coming to realize that “the sin is not intervention, the sin is indifference.”

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The UCLA hydrogen fueling station, which will be one of California’s largest, will produce up to 140 kilograms of hydrogen a day for use in hydrogen-powered vehicles.

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Directed by M.F.A. candidate James Darrah and conducted by Peter Rutenberg, “Dido and Æneas” follows the doomed romance between the Trojan warrior Æneas and Dido, the queen of Carthage.

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The UCLA Department of Theater presents this 1960 John Whiting dramatization based on Huxley’s “The Devils of Loudun,” about a priest accused of Satanism and burned at the stake in 17th-century France.

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UCLA, the most popular campus in the nation, with 55,676 freshman applicants, announced today that it had admitted 12,098 prospective freshmen for fall 2009.

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This one-day conference sponsored by UCLA’s Burkle Center for International Relations will address issues surrounding humanitartian intervention by the U.S. and the international community in national crises.

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The papers of Fante, the late Los Angeles novelist, short-story writer and screenwriter, contain his manuscripts for books, short stories and screenplays; personal letters; business records, including book contracts; and memorabilia.

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The Michael H. Schill Endowed Chair in Law will be awarded to a legal scholar of the highest academic and professional caliber and will provide support for teaching and research activities.

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UCLA faculty, staff and students have formed a group to demonstrate support for biomedical research involving laboratory animals and show solidarity with scientists subjected to increasing harassment by anti–animal research extremists.

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California’s efforts to clean the air and environment provide valuable examples to the rest of the nation as it wrestles with addressing climate change, UCLA Law School professor-in-residence Mary D. Nichols told a Washington summit conference.

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UCLA’s new On-Campus Technology Incubator at CNSI is a novel way to support faculty research and accelerate the commercialization of faculty-developed technologies.

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UCLA will hold a full-day conference on “In Treatment,” the award-winning HBO television drama about a psychotherapist and his patients, and “Be-Tipul,” the critically acclaimed Israeli show on which “In Treatment” is based.

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A judge on March 11 vacated his November 2008 ruling that found anti–animal research extremist Pamelyn Ferdin in contempt of court for violating a preliminary injunction barring the distributing of fliers with home addresses and phone numbers of UCLA researchers.

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The UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center, the UCLA Library, legendary norteño band Los Tigres del Norte and the Arhoolie Foundation will host the public launch of the Frontera Collection of Mexican and Mexican American Recordings at UCLA, the largest online digital archive of its kind in the world.

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