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One of soccer's most storied teams, Spain's Real Madrid, will train on UCLA's top-notch field this summer, from July 29 through Aug. 5. Practices are private and closed to the public.

Napolitano, secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and a two-term governor of Arizona, will become the 20th president of the University of California. She succeeds Mark G. Yudof, who steered the university through the depths of California's financial crisis that led to sharp cutbacks in state support for public higher education.

Baseball player Cody Regis represented the men's athletics program at the ESPY awards for winning UCLA's first-ever Capital One Cup.

UCLA Chancellor Gene Block on June 12 issued a statement on the nomination of Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano to serve as the 20th president of the University of California:

Napolitano, the current U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security, has been nominated for appointment as the 20th president of the University of California.

A hidden message left by a UCLA architect in 2011 was recently uncovered in Boelter Hall - floor tiles in the pattern of the binary code for the first Internet message sent from UCLA.

When is it great to boast "we’re 109?" When you are the UCLA baseball team and you can say that your first NCAA national championship is your school’s record-extending 109th. On Thursday afternoon, hundreds of blue-and-gold wearing fans happily cheered through the heat at Jackie Robinson Stadium to celebrate the Bruins.

When UCLA captured its first NCAA baseball championship this week, it paved the way for another campus first - the first-ever Capital One Cup victory for the Bruin men. UCLA will be awarded $200,000 toward student-athlete scholarships.

UCLA had already won the most national championships of any NCAA school, but never the baseball title — until tonight. The Bruins closed that gap in their legacy of sports excellence by sweeping the College World Series, defeating Mississippi State 8-0. A celebration will be scheduled for Thursday at Jackie Robinson Stadium.

Electricians, plumbers, carpenters and other workers are racing against the clock to wipe away a year’s worth of wear-and-tear and restore the gleam to approximately 5,000 sleeping rooms, eight dining halls and kitchens, numerous study lounges, auditoriums, community and private restrooms.

UCLA Chancellor Gene Block submitted this article to the Huffington Post after today's U.S. Supreme Court decision in Fisher v. University of Texas.

Participants receive all expenses–paid fellowships for the innovative UC summer program, which helps them hone their skills in business, entrepreneurship and management.

A key player in the fight to control a TB outbreak on L.A.'s skid row is a clinic run by the UCLA School of Nursing that's located in a homeless shelter.

Look here for news, photos and videos about 2013 graduates and commencement ceremonies at UCLA. The commencement season on campus began in May.

Chancellor Gene Block highlights some of UCLA's signature achievements of the past academic year.

The hospital is part of a select group recognized for excellence in all 10 medical specialty areas reviewed in the magazine's new "Best Children's Hospitals" rankings.

The former U.N. secretary-general and Nobel Peace Prize laureate delivered UCLA's second annual Luskin Lecture for Thought Leadership on May 30.

Classics major David Shamash and communications major Serena Lee were chosen to speak to the College of Letters and Science's dual ceremonies at Pauley Pavilion.

Construction crews working on a residence hall accidentally knocked over a fire hydrant Thursday afternoon, causing water to shoot about 70 feet in the air on Young Drive West near Sproul Presidio.

The 22nd annual festival, which runs from June 7 through 13 at venues on the UCLA campus and other locations, features a wide variety of screenings, showcases and events.

A team of UCLA Health System brain specialists implanted its 500th brain pacemaker on Thursday, and invited followers on Twitter to observe. The patient, actor and musician Brad Carter, was awakened during the surgery and asked to play the guitar as an aid to the medical team.

The Los Angeles County coroner's office said the death near Boelter Hall, which houses the engineering school, was a suicide.

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

The collection of some 1,500 meteorites includes a 357-pound chunk from Arizona donated to UCLA by philanthropist William Andrews Clark, Jr.

Nearly 2,000 UCLA alumni and friends are expected to gather on campus this Saturday (May 18) to participate in the annual UCLA Alumni Day, which will feature speeches and activities for professional networking and personal growth.