Thousands of miniature American flags decorated the lawns of Wilson Plaza today – one for each of the 2,977 victims of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center 12 years ago. Read more...
Photo: Thousands of American flags in Wilson Plaza commemorate the 12th anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center.
The Undergraduate Students Association Council is the official student government of UCLA’s undergraduate students. Council meetings are Tuesdays at 7 p.m. in Kerckhoff 417 and are open to all students. Read more...
UCLA tied with USC for the second year in a row in the U.S. News & World Report best national university rankings, with both schools ranked 23rd in the magazine’s list released today. Read more...
A feral tuxedo cat who spent her time watching music performances in the Powell Library rotunda has found a permanent home with a UCLA librarian. Read more...
Photo: A UCLA librarian adopted a stray cat that would hang around Powell Library.
Two first-year students recently chose not to participate in part of a sex education presentation offered at UCLA's freshman orientation for religious reasons, prompting confusion about whether the presentation is mandatory. Read more...
A red vintage model of a tractor sits next to a foam orange fruit and an old-fashioned sign for tomatoes on the bookshelves in Michael Roberts’ office in the UCLA School of Law. Read more...
Photo: Michael Roberts is the new executive director of the Resnick Program for Food Law and Policy at the UCLA School of Law.
Hispanic students now have the second highest college enrollment rate, after Asian students, according to data released last week from the U.S. Census Bureau. Data from 2012 shows that about 48 percent of recent Hispanic high school graduates that were not enrolled as graduate or vocational school students were enrolled incollege at the undergraduate level, compared to about 46 percent of white students and about 43 percent of black students. Read more...
