UCLA received a donation of $15 million to renovate the UCLA Botany Building. The gift, which was donated by UCLA alumnus Morton La Kretz, will go toward upgrading labs for teaching and research, building a new class lab and refurbishing the entrance and lobby to the building’s Charles E. Read more...

Photo: Morton La Kretz recently donated $15 million to further the renovation of the UCLA Botany Building. UCLA has decided to name the building after La Kretz. (Liz Ketcham/Assistant Photo editor)

This post was updated Oct. 2 at 2:58 p.m. Members of the UCLA community volunteered in about 70 different projects around the world in UCLA’s 10th annual Volunteer Day on Saturday. Read more...

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A professor approached Ciara Kelly in tears at an event where 1,000 backpacks spanned Wilson Plaza to represent the more than 1,000 college students who are lost to suicide in the United States each year. Read more...

Photo: Ciara Kelly stands on an Ashe Center staircase. (Joe Akira/Daily Bruin)