In a school with nearly 25,000 undergraduates, some UCLA students find that the competition existing outside the classroom can be just as challenging as beating the curve. Read more...

With its announced intent to move toward a more “holistic” model of undergraduate admissions, UCLA will adopt a process modeled after UC Berkeley’s, which has admitted a greater percentage of underrepresented minorities in recent years. Read more...

Westwood Village may be part of the city that gave rise to such music industry giants as Capitol Records and Geffen Records, but in recent years the Village’s music scene has taken a hit as record stores have packed up and moved out. Read more...

In the 1970s, white students made up nearly 75 percent of the student body at UCLA, the numbers of black and Hispanic students were on the rise, and Asian American students were less than 10 percent of each class. Read more...

SAN FRANCISCO “”mdash; The UC Board of Regents voted on executive compensation for the first time in open session and agreed to settle two lawsuits against Enron during its meeting Thursday. Read more...

SAN FRANCISCO “”mdash; At today’s UC Board of Regents meeting, the regents discussed various topics, including a student mental health report and tobacco-industry funding of university research. Read more...

Gen. Wesley Clark, a 2004 Democratic presidential candidate, will join UCLA’s Ronald W. Burkle Center for International Relations as a senior fellow, university officials announced today. Read more...