Moctesuma Esparza is widely regarded as the most successful Latino independent film producer in Hollywood. Esparza has won Emmy, Clio and Golden Globe awards, been Oscar-nominated, and has produced such films as “Selena” and “Gods and Generals.” A UCLA alumnus, Esparza has also been a historic figure in the struggle for minority representation in the media industry. Read more...

The University of California filed a lawsuit against AOL Time Warner on Monday, alleging that “illegal insider trading” by company executives cost the university $450 million. Read more...

Fourth-year history student Kelly Rayburn was selected as the Daily Bruin’s 2003-04 editor in chief by the Associated Students of UCLA Communications Board on Monday night. Read more...

In a rare emergency meeting, UCLA’s division of the Academic Senate will vote on a controversial resolution today condemning the U.S. presence in Iraq and calling for international oversight of Iraq’s reconstruction. Read more...

Steve Forbes, editor in chief of Forbes magazine, will speak at the Anderson School at UCLA on Tuesday about business, the economy and financial markets as related to world events. Read more...

Katherine Zartman waited excitedly in the lobby of the Gonda (Golschmied) Neuroscience and Genetic Reserach Center building early Friday morning. In a few minutes, she would meet a UCLA researcher working on several psychiatric disorders, including schizophrenia ““ a disease that critically affected her son Peter nearly 15 years ago. Read more...

As Andrea Snyder prepares to graduate from UCLA in June, she is finding herself facing a depleted and unfriendly job market where employers are hesitant to hire inexperienced college graduates. Read more...