It was 4:30 in the morning and Joanna Cooper and her fellow UCLA students were fast asleep on the fifth floor of Rieber Hall. The weather was windy. Read more...
Photo: A 6.7 earthquake hit the city of Northridge on Jan. 17, 1994, killing 57 people in Los Angeles and causing $20 billion in damage.
Smoke and flames were visible on the horizon to some UCLA students leaving their dorms early Thursday as the traces of a major fire near Los Angeles quickly spread. Read more...
University of California leaders announced Thursday that the UC will try to reduce its per capita water use by 20 percent over the next seven years. Read more...
Between UCLA Health System and the Arthur Ashe Student Health and Wellness Center, UCLA has administered more than 18,300 vaccines thus far this flu season, which kicked into full gear this month. Read more...
For Michael Reyes, a first-generation college student, funding a UCLA education seemed like a pipe dream. Even with several grants and scholarships, he had a $20,000 gap in funding for his two years at UCLA after he transferred from Santa Monica College. Read more...
A second nurse from the UCLA Medical Center, Santa Monica departed for the Philippines on Wednesday to provide medical relief to victims of Typhoon Haiyan. Elena Dahl is among 12 registered nurses who will be deployed from the UCLA Medical Center in rotations to provide maternity aid to people affected by the typhoon through the National Nurses United’s Registered Nurse Response Network. Read more...
Temperatures dipped far below zero as the team of 12 people dragged sleds filled with supplies through the icy white terrain. Months earlier, they had been trained how to eat, dress and ski in order to survive the harsh environment and ski through their 13-day trek to the South Pole. Read more...
