As the clock struck 1 p.m. on Sunday, 26 hours of standing and dancing officially came to a close. More than 800 Dance Marathon participants collapsed onto the floor of Ackerman Grand Ballroom, exhausted, muscles aching and beads of sweat on their foreheads. Read more...
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Dancers rest and eat doughnuts outside of Ackerman Grand Ballroom after finishing Dance Marathon.
Piles of items lay scattered around Haley Bowyer as she leaned up against her bed and refolded clothing to put in the dresser in her new dorm. Read more...
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Outside Dykstra Hall, movers helped students prepare carts filled with their belongings to go into moving trucks, which shuttled the carts to the new De Neve residential halls.
Six-year-old Ruby Knowlton held her arms up to Kim Tran, asking to be picked up. Read more...
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Eight-year-old Julia Wallace of Los Angeles works on an arts and crafts project with her “big buddy,” fourth-year English student Catherine Chiang. Chiang mentors Wallace as a member of China Care Bruins, a student organization that connects UCLA students with children adopted from China.
Gov. Jerry Brown's higher education plan outlined in his budget proposal for the upcoming fiscal year could have serious long-term implications for the state, according to California's fiscal analyst. Read more...
The UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs is marking the start of a new lecture series dedicated to social justice, public policy, urban planning and social welfare tonight with a lecture from Harvard Law School Professor Charles Ogletree. Read more...
Forty years ago, no one knew that the Internet research done at UCLA would come to play such a deeply integrated role in society and culture. Read more...
Luz Salinas processes mail addressed to every department on campus in the UCLA Mail, Messenger and Distribution Services office. Read more...
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Linda Demer, professor of medicine and physiology (left), walks with Yin Tintut, professor of medicine (right) in UCLA Recreation’s annual I Heart Walking event. About 1,400 faculty and staff are registered to participate in the four-day event.
