In the basement of Young Research Library, there is a place where books are pieces of history. A catalogue from the early 1900s touts masks depicting stereotypes of ethnic groups and races: Italians, Japanese, Jews. Read more...

Students and faculty interested in studying race and ethnicity in politics will now have more opportunities to do research and fieldwork in that area. The Center for the Study of Race, Ethnicity and Politics under the Institute for Social Science Research, which is aimed at providing these possibilities, is set to officially open today. Read more...

While a Baroque concert might be overlooked by many patrons of popular music, such a rarity still exists ““ thanks to Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Luigi Boccherini and master cellist and UCLA Professor Elisabeth Le Guin. Read more...

The UCLA School of Law held a debate Wednesday on the future of the 1973 U.S. Supreme Court decision Roe v. Wade, with speakers including Cathy Ruse, a fellow of the Family Research Council, and Mary-Jane Wagle, president and CEO of Planned Parenthood Los Angeles. Read more...

Though topics at the quarterly debate between the Bruin Republicans and Bruin Democrats Wednesday ranged from nuclear proliferation to poverty, what students seemed to care most about is something that hits closer to home ““ professors. Read more...

In an effort to shore up the promises made in the 1960 Master Plan for Higher Education in California, a coalition of organizations and a bipartisan group of state senators have collaborated to produce legislation to ensure access to college for all eligible California students. Read more...

For the next four years, incoming freshmen will be required to take AlcoholEdu, an online alcohol awareness course, UCLA announced Wednesday. As UCLA’s first mandatory alcohol education program, AlcoholEdu is an online class that surveys students’ knowledge of and experiences with alcohol. Read more...