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Pediatric dentists advocate to maintain funding in residency programs

Pediatric dentist Deya Sanchez spent an ordinary day in March seeing patients in the UCLA Venice Dental Center in Venice.

UCLA students volunteer during Alternative Spring Break

The highlight of Amy Chen’s spring break was chatting up a Morgan Freeman look-a-like in a homeless shelter in Salinas.

UCLA students give $1,500 for relief efforts in Japan through Nikkei Student Union donation drive

UCLA students on their way to finals donated $1,500 to relief efforts in Japan.

The Nikkei Student Union, a Japanese American student group, quickly mobilized a donation drive that began Monday on Bruin Walk, said Kevin Machino, the club’s president.

UCLA alumni, students endure through aftermath of earthquake Japan

At least 2,400 deaths have been reported in the wake of a 9.0 magnitude earthquake and tsunami that devastated Japan on Friday.

UCLA students, with Bruin Lobby Corps, lobby for DREAM Act at the Capitol in Sacramento

Kelli Fallon is no stranger to lobbying California state legislators and fighting for student issues in higher education.

Student veterans continue to help fellow soldiers off the battlefield through fundraisers, organizations

Though they have since returned from their campaigns in the Middle East, student veterans like Oliver Kay have remained committed to their fellow soldiers long after stepping off the battlefield.

Survey trends show an increase in college graduates working in public service

Increasingly scarce jobs in the private sector have led a new generation of college students to look to nonprofit organizations and public service jobs for post-graduation employment.

According to the New York Times’ analysis of the American Community Survey from the United States Census Bureau, the number of college graduates working for the federal government increased 16 percent from 2008 to 2009, and 11 percent for nonprofit organizations.

UCLA does not offer specific numbers for graduates heading to the public sector, but surveys by the College of Letters and Science reflect unsteadiness in the job market.