UCLA's bonfire and rally for the annual USC football match-up were scheduled Monday night on the Intramural Field. Media advisory
Newsroom video: 2007 car smash
Around Campus
Students' town hall
Chancellor Gene Block and other top officials met Monday with students to answer questions about the budget crisis, fee increases and other issues.
Reception for ethnic studies
Chancellor Block hosted several generations of students, professors and supporters in honor of the 40th anniversary of ethnic studies centers at UCLA.
Bruins who served
A new class helps veterans relearning how to live as civilians. Plus: Injured soldiers try adaptive sports at UCLA's Wooden Center. Video
Professor, blogger
Mathematics professor Terence Tao is featured in a Forbes magazine story about his math blog.
Helping the climate
Experts with the Institute of the Environment have been tapped to help create a new countywide group's regional climate plan.Recent Stories
Archaeologists publish first map of contested sites in Middle East
Block warns of challenges ahead for student diversity
UCLA has come a long way from 2006, when the enrollment of African American freshmen was at a 30-year low, Chancellor Gene Block told the UC Board of Regents.
UC Regents approve fee hikes amid second day of protests
Faced with a state funding gap of $1.2 billion next year, the University of California Board of Regents, meeting at UCLA, approved a budget package that includes increases in student fees.
Secular cantata sets Lincoln, Obama and FDR to music
David Lefkowitz, associate professor of music composition and theory, wrote the piece to celebrate the 200th anniversary of President Abraham Lincoln's birth.
Nanoparticles in household items do genetic damage in mice
UCLA researchers create 'fly paper' to capture cancer cells
Study shows brain's ability to reorganize after blindness
Scientists found that blindness causes structural changes in the brain, indicating the brain may reorganize itself in order to adapt to sensory loss.
UCLA 8th in foreign students, 5th in students abroad
UCLA is the only UC campus listed in the top 10 in annual report on U.S. colleges and universities released this week.
Today's Topic
Climate conference
The UN Climate Change Conference, scheduled for Dec. 7–18 in Copenhagen, seeks to spur international efforts to reduce global emissions of carbon dioxide and other heat-trapping greenhouse gasses. UCLA has experts.
UCLA In the News
Charter dilemma
Sunday's Montgomery Adviser cites a study by researchers with the Civil Rights Project/Proyecto Derechos Civiles at UCLA, indicating that in certain areas of the U.S., charter schools have contributed to racial re-segregation.