Friday, May 1




Bruin Guardian Scholars Program hopes to empower high school foster students to attend college

Stepping onto campus for the first time, some of the high school foster students participating in the First Star UCLA Bruin Guardian Scholars Summer Academy could barely look their instructors in the eye. Read more...

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The Bruin Guardian Scholars Program aims to encourage high school foster students to go to college. Participants will visit UCLA monthly as part of a year-round outreach project. (courtesy of Walter Kappeler)


UCLA Transportation working to increase ridership for Westwood FlyAway service

UCLA Transportation is working to alert students of Westwood FlyAway's services in an effort to increase the line's ridership. The FlyAway, which reports debt and insufficient ridership, is in a six-month probationary period that will continue through fall quarter and end after winter break with an evaluation sometime in late January, said Penny Menton, senior associate director of events and transportation. Fare to travel from LAX to Westwood one-way in either direction increased in late summer from $5 to $10. Read more...