When people dig into their pockets to give to UCLA, it is about much more than the money. They are making a statement about what they believe is important.

UCLA Students learn life lessons in the real world while studying for a quarter in Washington, D.C.

With the integration of student life and academics on the Hill, living on campus today is a far cry from what most might remember from their college days.

UCLA extends beyond its campus boundaries to make a difference in people’s lives.

Right up until his death, UCLA philosopher Rogers Albritton wrestled with unfathomable questions.

Traveling to a remote corner of China, a volunteer group of UCLA students help the region’s impoverished people to help themselves.

With programs teaching graduate students to think beyond the boundaries that separate disciplines, UCLA nurtures the next generation of science explorers.

As the nationwide shortage of nurses reaches crisis proportions, UCLA prepares to intensify its efforts to attract more people to the profession.

Donald Cram’s creativity and brilliance revolutionized chemistry, opening the doors to new worlds of discovery.

You wouldn’t recognize him up on the big screen, but Terry Notary was the man behind The Apes in the summer’s must-see flick.

Jeannie Oakes is on a crusade to ensure that every child has a fair shot at a first-class education.

Without the patient-volunteers who donate their bodies as living laboratories, the advances in our understanding and treatment of AIDS wouldn’t be possible.

William Andrews Clark Memorial Library isn’t just a resource for scholars and academics. People with a love of learning have “a mental paradise” in its walls.

More than 5,000 members of the UCLA family and Los Angeles community attended a Sept. 13 memorial service in Dickson Plaza to honor those whose lives had been shattered by the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

UCLA's Center for African American Studies will host an open house to welcome members of the campus and greater Los Angeles community to its new building and meet its new director, Darnell M. Hunt. The open house and reception will be Tuesday...

Navigating the shoals of the 21st century will require a clear understanding of the forces that are driving globalization in the post-Cold War era.

Archaeologist Jo Anne Van Tilburg is trying to decipher the marks left by generations of California Indians on the ridges overlooking a Mojave Desert oasis.

For more than three decades, Christopher Donnan has dug into Peru’s past to unlock the secrets of the Moche civilization.

UC President Richard Atkinson’s proposal to drop the SAT I as a requirement for college admission has ignited a debate that’s crackling throughout the nation.

In Danny Monarrez’s darkest hour, two lifelong friends and fellow Bruins were there for him.

The California NanoSystems Institute promises groundbreaking discoveries in the realm of the infinitesimally small that will revolutionize everything.

When it comes to putting up the good fight on behalf of UCLA, there’s no better soldier to have in the field than Howard Welinsky.

For more than 30 years at UCLA, John Espey’s wise and gentle spirit encouraged his students — and everyone else he touched — to stretch beyond themselves.

In the new Information Age, universities have a greater responsibility than ever before to ensure that students are provided with the tools necessary to succeed.

As traditional societies strain under the weight of the new global economy, artists too often find that their creativity is marginalized.