Laura Ling graduated from UCLA with a degree in communication studies in 1998 and went on to become a television journalist, traveling the world for former Vice President Al Gore’s independent cable channel Current TV. Ling was detained in North Korea for several months in 2009, before former President Bill Clinton helped her and another imprisoned journalist return home safely. Read more...
Photo: Laura Ling will moderate an event tonight featuring former Secretary-General Kofi Annan.
TIJUANA, Mexico — Laughter, shy smiles and curious eyes fill the front yard of La Tribu de Jesus children’s shelter when UCLA students from BruinHope arrive on the dusty, sunbaked fringes of metropolitan Tijuana. Read more...
Photo: UCLA alumnus Luis Pelayo, left, is a former director of student group BruinHope, which travels to Tijuana, Mexico, twice a quarter to provide resources and company to children at a shelter.
Thousands of low-income college students could see the amount of their Cal Grants double under a bill that cleared the California Senate Tuesday with a unanimous vote. Read more...
Charlie Falconer’s fraternity brothers noticed his diminished hearing before he himself did. Read more...
The original post contained an error and has been changed. See the bottom of the article for additional information. For the founders of a new app focused on vocal communication, their main goal is creating a world where their users can share their voice. Read more...
The fate of federal student loan interest rates is up in the air after the Republican-majority House of Representatives passed a bill Thursday that would tie interest rates to market-based rates. Read more...
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...
