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A thick dossier of letters from faculty colleagues, administrators, students and alumni attesting to his devotion to diversity has led to Richard Yarborough's selection as the campuswide winner of UCLA's top award for diversity, equity and inclusion.

As the UCLA Community School nears its fifth anniversary, the college going rate for students in the area has increased dramatically. Ninety-five percent of last year's graduating seniors plan to go to college this fall.

Education professor Teresa McCarty says that decades of research shows that immersion programs promote language acquisition, increased graduation rates and college entry, as well as parent involvement and cultural pride.

Education professor Mike Rose says that teens and young adults headed for vocational careers deserve promises of employment stability and fulfilling work.

This summer marks the 10th anniversary of the UCLA-NUS Global Executive MBA for Asia Pacific program, a 15-month, dual-degree program in which graduates earn two MBAs.

At 83, Sid Thompson, the first African American superintendent of Los Angeles schools 18 years ago, continues to mentor professionals in leadership in schools for Center X.

Launched in 2006, VIP Scholars aims to increase the number of underserved students that are competitively eligible for places like UCLA and other selective universities.

By encouraging patients to illustrate their pain with images such these from the exhibition "Pain," the Center for Educational Development and Research at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA hopes to compel viewers to better understand those going through illness.

Across California, there is a dearth of Spanish-speaking, culturally adept primary care physicians. The UCLA International Medical Graduate program is addressing this gap by training Hispanic international medical graduates from medical schools recognized by the Medical Board of California.

A new UCLA-led study suggests that a higher quality educational environment may help reduce health disparities and improve health outcomes.

The UCLA Burkle Global Impact Initiative assisted in recruiting a diverse roster of film and music stars to appear in a new video for the U.S. Agency for International Development.

A group of Los Angeles K-12 teachers participated in a special two-day seminar at UCLA on using soccer in the classroom as a way to teach politics, economics and globalization.

Reporting, writing and editing for the Bruin's Roar helps UCLA Community School students improve their English language skills and confidence.

UCLA faculty and graduate students with research interests in Mexico will soon be benefiting from a closer relationship with that country, its government and institutions.

UCLA professor Mike Rose of the Graduate School of Education and Information Studies discusses his book, 'The Mind at Work,' which was recently re-published as a 10th anniversary edition.

An unprecedented 95 percent of the graduates are headed to UC campuses, Cal States or other institutions of higher learning.

Sixty years after Brown v. Board of Education, schools across the United States are becoming more segregated for African Americans and Latinos.

A unique partnership between UCLA and the LAUSD, the pilot school, which serves a largely low-income immigrant community, has made impressive strides in engendering educational success and promoting a college-going culture.

Before Angela Davis taught her first college course at UCLA 45 years ago, the UC Board of Regents tried to fire her because she was a member of the Communist Party. Now she’s returning to teach at UCLA as a Regents’ Lecturer and Distinguished Professor Emerita.

The use of drugs and alcohol on campus was associated with significantly increased odds of depression, sexual victimization and attempted suicide.

Job loss among single mothers has significant negative effects on the well-being of their children as young adults, according to a new study by researchers at the California Center for Population Research at UCLA.

The results at UCLA Community School demonstrate that openness, creativity and resources can help lead these students to college.

Janet Napolitano is the president of the University of California system. Her article appeared April 25 in the Washington Post op-ed section.

Doctoral students in UCLA's new Dissertation Launchpad program learn to communicate about their complex research in ways the rest of us can understand.

Mona Simpson looks back on her precarious financial status at UC Berkeley and her beginnings as a writer.