While her friends were going to cheer practice and preparing for their SATs, Miles Reyes was not even sure if she was going to live past graduation.

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Volunteering is a way of life for Cindy Cordova.

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Gary Gardner, a playwriting and musical theater professor at UCLA for the past 40 years, died June 15 of natural causes.

For an assignment in her high school literature class, Victoria Gonzalez and her classmates wrote essays about their struggles at home because of the economic downturn in 2008.

Colorful Band-Aids of Disney characters and classic animations cover most of her face in a disorderly pattern.

Dr. Antronette Yancey, a professor at the UCLA Jonathan and Karin Fielding School of Public Health who devoted her life to promoting healthy living and exercise to eliminate health problems, died April 23 of lung cancer.

Incoming UCLA students may have to pay a one-time fee for lifetime access to transcripts starting this fall, according to the UCLA Registrar’s Office.

The UCLA English department will offer a new creative writing institute this summer in response to high demand for creative writing courses during the year.

Armen Alchian, a professor emeritus in economics known for his research of business relationships and firms, died Feb. 19 of natural causes. He was 98.

Larry Butcher, a professor emeritus of neuroscience at UCLA and the founder and former chair of the UCLA gerontology minor program, died Jan. 11 after a heart attack.