Unlike the three-day freshmen orientation that eases the transition process between high school and college, transfer students are given a crash course about the UCLA experience in one action-packed day of orientation. Read more...

Incoming students will have to hit the ground running this fall, as the recently implemented minimum progress requirement will mandate students to take a full load of courses every quarter. Read more...

Robert Dynes, the newly appointed president-designate of the University of California and a lifelong physicist, would have at one time used his knowledge of Newton’s Laws of Motion to perfect his slap shot rather than to pursue academia. Read more...

The University of California Board of Regents named Robert Dynes, the current chancellor of UC San Diego, as the 18th UC President on Wednesday. Dynes, who was selected after an intense six-month nationwide search, will replace current President Richard Atkinson in October, taking over a UC system during a period of financial uncertainty and substantial growth. Read more...

Once students enter UCLA, they often have hopes of graduating in four years. But as the years go by, a large number of students stretch their stay at UCLA longer than they had anticipated. Read more...

Walkouts, sit-ins, teach-ins and rallies ““ these are some of the expressions of political awareness at UCLA. For many graduating UCLA students, the last four years have been a time to become acquainted with various ethnic and political groups, the concerns of these groups and the myriad of political ideologies that exist. Read more...

For many UCLA students, a smaller community within the student body provides them with the support necessary to complete their degrees. These students often choose to cap their college experience with a special community graduation ceremony. Read more...