Volunteers are working at more than 50 schools, public parks, senior centers, community centers and homeless service providers. Chancellor Gene Block joined California Assembly Speaker John Perez at Leo Politi Elementary School in Koreatown.

Enthusiasm and optimism were in the hearts and minds of thousands of incoming UCLA students representing 54 countries, 44 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and Guam at this afternoon’s annual UCLA New Student Welcome.

The UCLA Hammer Museum on Monday announced Arts ReSTORE LA: Westwood — an initiative aimed at trying to help revitalize Westwood Village by tapping into Los Angeles’ creative community by having local artisans and craftspeople open...

"I'm especially pleased to welcome our newest students to the Bruin family," Block writes in his message to the UCLA campus community.

One of the first health-themed dining halls in the country, Bruin Plate focuses on local, sustainable, fresh, wholesome and unprocessed foods.

Marcelo Suárez-Orozco is dean and a distinguished professor of education at UCLA's Graduate School of Education & Information Studies. He is the author of many books including "Educating the Whole Child for the Whole World." This op-ed appeared...

Imagine a curtain that illuminates a room or a smartphone screen that can be pulled to twice its normal size. UCLA's new OLED technology takes us a step closer to that reality.

Researchers show that in at least one case, the system failed by approving a chemical called methyl iodide for use on strawberries.

In pondering the mysterious ring in the Earth's Van Allen belts, researchers made a crucial discovery: Not all high-energy particles obey the same physics.

There’s more to the beginning of the new school year than the return of students. The New Wight Gallery at the Broad Art Center reopens Thursday, Sept. 26 with the exhibition Keep in Touch, a contemporary fine arts exhibition featuring a...

Three newly opened buildings on "The Hill" further UCLA's commitment to providing students with a residential experience that complements their academic pursuits.

The UCLA Department of Design | Media Arts (DMA) is offering a variety of events for the public's enjoyment this fall, including exhibitions and lectures.

UCLA Architecture and Urban Design (A.UD) presents a series of public events this fall, including lectures and exhibitions.

Tuesday, 7,400 UCLA volunteers will help out at more than 50 schools, senior centers, public parks, food banks and shelters around greater Los Angeles — before fall classes even start.

Just days after arriving on campus four years ago, Charlene Fernandez spent a blazing-hot September day with fellow freshmen clearing away tangled overgrowth on the hills of Griffith Park. Fernandez has been hooked on UCLA Volunteer Day ever since,...

The hill where many UCLA students live is alive with the sound of chatter, eight-claps, cheering and laughter. About 11,000 undergraduates will move in through Sunday.

Starting on Sept. 18, new students will learn what university life at UCLA is all about and begin to make lifelong memories. List of events.

True Bruin Welcome activities will include concerts, films, sporting events, information sessions and other events aimed at introducing new students to campus life and UCLA tradition.

The newly opened Wolfgang Puck Express in Ackerman Union offers artisanal food in a bistro setting. Business is cooking as students, staff and faculty flock to Ackerman Union to get a taste of the culinary creativity of Wolfgang Puck. The...

Mike Rose is a professor at the UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information Studies and the author of several books, most recently “Back to School: Why Everyone Deserves a Second Chance at Education," and “Public Education Under...

All donations from the innovative six-week crowd-funding initiative will go directly to supporting UC students with financial need.

When Terry Dunlap arrived at the ER with a massive clot, doctors gave him two choices: open-heart surgery or a new minimally invasive procedure. But there was a catch.

A new system is needed to streamline and strengthen the regulation of groundwater, which makes up nearly a third of the state's water supply, the report argues.

Researchers find that nanodiamonds can be a less-invasive and longer-lasting method of administering the proteins that aid in bone growth.

The strategy offers an object lesson for other campus departments battered by the recession and retirements.