Students + Campus

A year before Robinson first put on a Brooklyn Dodger uniform and walked onto a ball field and into history, two other Bruins, who happened to once be his teammates on the UCLA football team, became the first African Americans to play in the NFL in 13 years.

The Student Leadership Academy places recent university graduates with different social justice organizations and labor unions in Southern California. The program is sponsored by the UCLA Institute for Research on Labor and Employment and the UCLA Labor Center.

A non-credit UCLA class for international students and foreign faculty teaches idioms, pop culture and campus life, with a new emphasis on slang, L.A. neighborhoods and foodie havens.

Hundreds of new new Bruins caught the beat of the Taiko Kyodo drummers from the Nikkei Student Union, one of numerous cultural groups that performed outside Ackerman Union on Tuesday, Aug. 12, as part of new student orientation for incoming freshmen.

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.

Dozens of students from majors across campus have spent thousands of hours on building a loaf-of-bread-sized satellite that will measure space weather.

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

M.B.A. students took on the challenge to craft a business plan that cuts costs and increases training productivity.

A documentary about the 2011 UCLA quidditch team's bid for the sport's world cup started as a five-minute film class project. "Mudbloods” will open in select theaters this fall.

Those vehicles with the most serious water intrusion — approximately 340 — have been relocated to the vicinity of Jackie Robinson Stadium on the West Los Angeles campus of the Department of Veterans Affairs. Sunset Boulevard has reopened.

About 300 vehicles that were in lower levels of flooded structures remain to be cleared for removal. Owners should await email instructions.

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.

As crews continue cleaning up from Tuesday’s water main break, Block thanks everyone for their patience, hard work, and generous assistance to their colleagues and strangers.

UCLA staff and students chip in to protect buildings, assist those stranded without cars and ease inconveniences for everyone in response to a water main break on Sunset Boulevard.

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.

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.