Her 10-year-old grandson prays every night that someday, he will be able to attend UCLA. His inspiration is his 54-year-old grandmother, Hazel Reed. Read more...

Photo: Hazel Reed, a 54-year-old grandmother and third-year Afro-American studies student, decided she would continue her education at the age of 50.

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. Read more...

Photo: Miles Reyes graduated from high school in spring after undergoing treatments for cancer. She plans to study biochemistry at UCLA in the fall.

Luke Harmon-Vellotti is used to being the youngest person in the room. The 14-year-old mastered his times tables before he could see over the kitchen counter and was beating his dad in chess by the time he was 9 and a three-time national champion. Read more...

Photo: Luke Harmon-Vellotti is a 14-year-old chess champion who plans to study computer science and mathematics at UCLA in the fall.

A green energy project that originated in a UCLA classroom has come to light on Ackerman patio. Two new tables equipped with solar-powered charging stations, LED lights, four outlets and USB sockets now sit on the patio outside the Ackerman first level back doors. Read more...

Photo: Two newly installed tables in the Ackerman Student Union patio outside the first-level fod court use solar energy to power a charging station. The tables are part of a student-run project.