Former ambassador Princeton Lyman had one main message for the 30 or so students and faculty gathered in Bunche Hall on Tuesday evening: Africa is becoming more and more central to the U.S., and not just in terms of humanitarian and charity concerns. Read more...

The University of California Board of Regents Investment Advisory Committee met Tuesday at UCLA to review the status of the UC portfolio and in part to provide an update on the status of the Sudan divestment proposal. Read more...

When Ray came to UCLA, his first goal was to start a high-stakes underground poker ring in the dorms. He started playing last year, and with the help of a Facebook group, what started as a handful of players expanded to numerous regulars over a few months. Read more...

The sexual and reproductive health needs of Latinas are not being adequately addressed by researchers, leaving Latinas less informed about health issues than women of other races, according to a new report. Read more...

Standing in a hotel lobby waiting for her husband, she ““ a mother of two, wife, published author and well-known researcher ““ was mistaken for a prostitute. Read more...

As part of his agenda for the 2007 budget, President Bush plans to bring an influx of math and science professionals into elementary school classrooms across the country. Read more...

Fourth-year philosophy student David Toney got down on bended knee in a Charles E. Young lecture hall last February and, with the periodic table of elements in the background and friends filling the room, proposed to his girlfriend. Read more...