A year ago, Crystal Escobar saw her days at UCLA as a direct path to becoming a pediatrician. Read more...

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ROTC officers participate in their Commissioning Ceremony outside of Royce Hall.

With smog blanketing its skies and thousands of cars clogging its freeways daily, Los Angeles might not seem like the ideal place for environmental faculty from Stanford University to call their new home. Read more...

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Allison Carruth, a professor in the English department. (courtesy of Allison Carruth)

UCLA will welcome a record number of international students this fall, putting pressure on campus organizations that are expected to support the new Bruins. Read more...

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Incoming students practice doing the 8-clap at the Dashew Center’s New International Student and Scholar Orientation on Sept. 18.

Just outside Hanray Wu's family home, trucks carried plastic water bottles away from her family's small factory in Mandalay, a city located in central Myanmar. Read more...

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Hanray Wu, an incoming international transfer student, stands outside Rieber Vista. Wu, originally from Myanmar, will study business-economics.

Heart pounding, Shelby Schemerhorn crawled through the smoke-filled hallway on her knees and elbows, pounding on doors, screaming for everyone to get out. Read more...