Students + Campus

For 14 years the program has helped students from historically underrepresented groups prepare for graduate school.

UCLA's historic theater was the setting for a special performance by singer Jason Mraz, who chose the venue because of how it inspires the young artists who perform there.

The annual week of practices once again attracts hundreds and hundreds of fans hoping for a chance to get an autograph from — or a picture with — an international soccer superstar.

A summer camp run by UCLA students offers unprivileged 10- to 18-year-olds from Los Angeles a chance to see the outdoors, learn teamwork and get motivated about college.

Fifty-four members from UCLA were accepted to the national nonprofit dedicated to community service, more than from any other school in the country.

For the fifth consecutive year, one of the world’s most storied soccer teams plans to train in private practices on UCLA's North Athletic Field.

The complex task of introducing 9,000 incoming freshmen and transfer students to UCLA's campus and culture is a yearlong job for Roxanne Neal and her staff.

Veterans who are entering UCLA in the fall went to the first orientation customized for them to learn specific information about benefits and resources and to connect with fellow student vets.

Steven Lopez has earned UCLA's Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Award for expanding the outreach of a campus group that makes students from underrepresented groups aware of science careers.

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.

Janet Napolitano stops at UCLA to share news of a major initiative intended to marshal resources across the UC system to address global food needs.

UCLA students who have been taking classes in American Sign Language have created videos of themselves signing information on the Holocaust to give deaf visitors to the Los Angeles Museum of Tolerance a richer experience as they tour the exhibits.

Furnish the Homeless, an organization founded by three UCLA students in 2012, takes unwanted furniture and appliances from students and others living near campus and delivers them to those living in transitional housing.

These three graduating seniors from the UCLA College will take what they learned as undergraduates into lives of scholarship and service.

To celebrate the hard-won triumphs of student parents and their families, a special commencement ceremony and after-party, complete with face-painting, has become a campus tradition.

Graduating seniors Sylvia Duzaryan and Andrew Ho will address the Class of 2014 during commencement ceremonies for the UCLA College on June 13.

With the help of an extended family of friends, classmates and mentors, undocumented immigrant Seth Ronquillo is about to graduate from UCLA.

Taylor Bazley credits UCLA with providing a place for his political activism to grow.

Deanna Jordan, a first-generation college student and mother of three, has been motivated by her children to embark on a long struggle to get a college education and give back to her Compton community.

With finals week approaching, students in Powell Library received a visit from therapy dogs that usually are found in UCLA hospitals. As part of the stress-busting activities to ease the tension of finals, Company 2014, a student performance group, sang its comedic salute to cramming at Powell Library.

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.

After the killings of six UC Santa Barbara students in Isla Vista, students at UCLA used social media to organize a Monday night memorial vigil outside Royce Hall.