After three years of juggling a full class load and a part-time research job, Tom Clarke’s hard work will pay off when he heads to Oxford University on the prestigious Marshall Scholarship next fall. Read more...

In the first months of the 110th Congress, the new Democratic majority has education high on its agenda. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-San Francisco, along with other members of Congress, released a schedule for the first 100 hours of Congress, which includes a goal of cutting student loan interest rates in half, according to Pelosi’s official Web site. Read more...

Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa plans to appeal a ruling that rejected his attempts to garner more control over part of Los Angeles Unified School District to the state Supreme Court, his office announced Monday. Read more...

In her two years at UCLA, Sumedha Singh has bought only one textbook, and that’s only because she absolutely needed to. The second-year neuroscience student is often found in Powell Library, her nose buried in textbooks she doesn’t own. Read more...

Kal Raustiala, a professor at the UCLA School of Law and the UCLA International Institute, was appointed director of the Ronald W. Burkle Center for International Relations last month. Read more...

The Cotsen Institute of Archaeology at UCLA has much to look forward to in 2007 after receiving a hefty donation last December. Lloyd Cotsen, who has sponsored archaeology on campus for decades, gave the institute $10 million, one of the largest endowments worldwide in the archeological field. Read more...

The investigation into December’s breach of a UCLA database that contained personal information of current and former students, as well as staff and administrators, continues while officials focus on notifying those affected and publicizing available resources. Read more...