Students + Campus

The board’s new president is D’Artagnan Scorza, executive director and founder of the Social Justice Learning Institute.

Plans include a Black Student Resource Center, new faculty positions, fellowships, fundraising and research support.

The contest invites student teams to identify a problem, dream up a nanotech-enabled solution and pitch their products to experts.

Gloves and masks became common. Triples gave way to singles. Self-serve buffet stations were replaced with pre-portioned servings. Life changed a lot.

As the adversity of the pandemic loomed over us, it was met in force by the ways students, professors, staff and alumni rose to meet this historic moment.

Seven days a week, UCLA volunteers staff a well-being call-in line, offering support, resources and a compassionate ear.

UCLA is closely monitoring the outbreak of COVID-19 and departments are working closely with local, state and national officials.

UCLA will begin to offer a number of in-person, on-campus courses, as well as limited on-campus student housing.

Amid protests for social justice and a pandemic, UCLA students are urged to apply what they’ve learned to making a better world.

Hajar Azzam, a recipient of the Chancellor’s Service Award, wants to create work that promotes peace and justice.

2020 graduates represent the spirit of UCLA’s Institute of American Cultures.

After years in and out of prison, the master’s student turned his life around with the help of higher education. He's been helping others do the same.

Actor, activist and UCLA alumnus George Takei will speak June 12 at the virtual celebration for 2020 graduates.

Their experiences in community building and organizing will serve them well in an uncertain time.

In recent years the department has been trying to make labs more engaging; safer-at-home orders demonstrated the benefits of letting students design their own experiments.

UCLA’s Career Center and Alumni Association continue to offer programs and services to help students and graduates through the crisis.

Michelle Liu Carriger shares how she used UCLA’s Fiat Lux seminar program to create a class that helped students understand life during quarantine through an artistic lens.

As professors were forced to change how they teach, the Fiat Lux seminars provided a platform to also change what they taught to help students understand the crisis.

Priscilla Stephanie Molina’s family inspired her success at UCLA and her plans to become a psychiatrist, so underserved communities receive culturally sensitive care.

Having witnessed the struggles of her own family and others, Melissa Rios learned early on how education, poverty and health are linked.

The Library Prize honors students who have demonstrated remarkable intellectual curiosity paired with the skills and capacities to conduct meaningful research.

The road may have been long and winding, but for the former Marine, EMT and cop, the pull of nursing seemed like fate.

UCLA’s graduation festivities will feature speakers like actor, activist and alumnus George Takei and California Surgeon General Dr. Nadine Burke Harris.

The student-led organizing team ensures that one of UCLA’s most cherished traditions continues despite the pandemic.

The popularity of online gaming has soared during the lockdown, but the success has been bittersweet for players.