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The donation, part of a larger $20 million gift, will help UCLA's environmental institute study and create solutions to the global challenges of the 21st century.

Discussion — in Spanish and English — will focus on the importance of closing the Latino education gap and increasing the number of Latino students who go on to higher education.

UC President Janet Napolitano issued this letter to the UC community on Monday, Sept. 30, her first day in office.

The new endowment will help foster youth focus on their studies by providing grants to cover tutoring, mental health services, summer housing and unforeseen school expenses.

Joined by his older brother in the Class of 2017, Luke Vellotti plans to study math and computer science while he continues using his chess skills to help others.

A campaign will raise private funds for a comprehensive training facility to be located on the west side of Spaulding Field, the practice field for the Bruin football team.

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.

"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.

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.

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.

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.

Nearly 100 people gathered on campus at UCLA to mark the official launch of construction on the much-anticipated facility, which is scheduled to open in 2016.

The campus earned the No. 23 spot among all U.S. universities and was named the No. 2 public university in the country in the closely watched annual survey.

UCLA Athletics is saddened to learn of the tragic loss of football player Nick Pasquale, who passed away early Sunday morning after being struck by a car in his hometown of San Clemente.

A suite of intimate, thematic exhibitions mounted this fall will highlight more than 800 artworks from the UCLA Fowler Museum's vast, acclaimed global collections.

For third consecutive year, the magazine names UCLA among the nation's best, based on measures such as social mobility, research and service.

Nearly 58,000 donors contributed to help UCLA surpass the campus's ambitious $500 million goal, strengthening progress toward a more self-reliant future.

Ever wish Los Angeles traffic moved better? It might if more commuters followed the lead of UCLA, where only about half of campus commuters drive alone to work.

UCLA is named second among U.S. public universities and 12th among all universities internationally, holding both positions for the third consecutive year.

Feuer, a partner at the firm of Gibson Dunn and Crutcher, has handled a broad range of complex business law and corporate governance matters. He begins his tenure on Sept. 1.

Only those fans who bought tickets to see the Spanish soccer team train with the L.A. Galaxy at Carson's StubHub will be admitted to the UCLA training session at 5 p.m. on Aug. 2.

Block is among some 160 university leaders urging the president and Congress to make it a national priority to increase federal spending on research and higher education.

"We are honored to work with the Doheny Eye Institute board in developing a plan to improve patient care throughout Southern California," said UCLA Health System CEO Dr. David Feinberg.

The $5 million donation to UCLA Engineering from alumnus David Mong will help support the building of the Mong Learning Center as part of the new Engineering VI building.