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Campus returned to life as thousands of students began moving into the residence halls. Those living in the newly renovated Hitch Residential Suites were greeted with a host of new amenities.

This year Jackie Robinson’s autobiography, “I Never Had It Made,” is being read by thousands of incoming freshman and transfer students, faculty, staff and alumni as part of the six-year-old UCLA Common Book program.

This week marks the return of approximately 28,700 undergraduates and 13, 500 graduate students to UCLA. The quarter officially begins on Sept. 29. Instruction begins on Oct. 2.

Bruin Republicans help UCLA commemorate the anniversary of the Sept. 11 terror attacks by creating a memorial display of American flags in Dickson Plaza.

UCLA’s communication studies department has posted full speeches given on campus between 1962 and 1973, featuring major figures of the era such as Cesar Chavez, Lenny Bruce, Jane Fonda and Eldridge Cleaver.

UCLA has made emergency assistance and interest-free loans available to people whose vehicles were destroyed or seriously damaged in the flooding caused by the recent water main break.

UCLA Transportation has added 41 electric vehicles to its fleet of eco-friendly vehicles, thanks to a generous gift from the Ray Fladeboe Trust. The donation brings the number of fully equipped EVs in use around the campus to 250-plus.

UCLA Transportation reopened about 500 spaces in Parking Structure 4 to a limited number of permit holders today.

Hidden away in the history department student lounge on the sixth floor of Bunche Hall is one of UCLA’s greatest treasures, but not many people knew it until an emeritus history professor pointed out its significance and landmark status.

Parking structures have been declared safe for repairs. The damaged floor of Pauley Pavilion has been removed. Crews are working around the clock.

Campus crews and contractors worked throughout the night to remove water from UCLA buildings and clear debris. Officials pledge that Pauley Pavilion will be ready for basketball season.

Eight to 10 million gallons of water flowed across campus from the afternoon rupture that closed busy Sunset Boulevard near campus.

After more than 40 years in Campbell Hall, UCLA’s Academic Advancement Program is getting a chance to stretch its legs.

It's been 30 years this month since UCLA was transformed into an international Olympic Village, when residence halls housed over 4,000 people, Bruin Walk bustled with activity, and over 160,000 spectators roared at Pauley Pavilion.

The innovative design of the Teaching and Learning Center for Health Sciences is recognized by the Los Angeles Business Council.

An important visual piece of UCLA history is back on display in Ackerman Union.

The UCLA community celebrated the addition of a new entrance to UCLA’s Mildred E. Mathias Botanical Garden, the first step in a series of renovations to the seven-acre garden, made possible by donor Morton La Kretz.

A new facility located near Pauley Pavilion would provide both the men's and women's basketball teams with practice gyms, lockers rooms and other amenities.

The funds will be used to build a garden pavilion that will house a welcome center and classroom. The construction is part of a series of renovations to increase the garden's visibility, upgrade its infrastructure and improve its accessibility.

Banners celebrating The Centennial Campaign for UCLA have been mounted across campus. The major fundraising effort in advance of the university's 100th anniversary in 2019 launches on Friday.

Marking its 50th year, the UCLA School of Dentistry is celebrating its five-decade rise to becoming one of the leading research-intensive dental schools in the nation with a yearlong celebration that will start this weekend.

A study conducted by a UCLA graduate student found that not only are consumers interested in having healthier items available in vending machines, but that offering them did not hurt the vending machines’ sales.

Since last September's official announcement of a campaign to raise private funds for a football facility, the UCLA Athletic Department has received approximately $40 million in cash and pledges for its new football performance center.

UCLA's Steve Rand has been a driving force behind the complex logistics of parking and traffic for more than 30 years, including the 1984 Olympics and the evacuation of campus during the 1992 L.A. riots.

Cyclists and walkers on the UCLA south campus will soon enjoy a new designated bike and pedestrian route that will encourage more physical activity and open up new vistas to the Mathias Botanical Garden.