Students + Campus

Taylor Bazley, a UCLA senior, grew up in a poor neighborhood in San Diego. So when he was admitted to UCLA, Bazley knew it would change his life.

Angela Sanchez wasn’t sure if she could finish high school seven years ago when she and her father were homeless. Today, the graduate student is positioning herself for a successful career in higher education administration.

A scholarship liberated Mary Kavonian from the need to work or worry about finances. So she sought out opportunities to do community outreach that eventually led her to a career choice.

Growing up in South Los Angeles, Jeremy Edwards was frequently on the move with his hard-working single mom. In June, he will become the first in his immediate family to earn a bachelor’s degree.

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.

The 7000 in Solidarity Campaign was one of two student groups selected to receive the University of California President’s Award for Outstanding Student Leadership.

Dental student Ryan Brennan made it possible for 200-plus patients to get dental care. Urban planning student Connor Johnson has a similar passion to help people in poverty.

Brian Lehigh, Tara Noorani and Michael Oshiro were recognized for projects serving impoverished veterans, the homeless and incarcerated youth.

They went to Capitol Hill when their project on epilepsy was selected to represent the best of undergraduate research in California.

Approximately 600 students will be presenting their research in the humanities and the social, life and physical sciences.

Former UCLA track and cross country star Meb Keflezighi, who won the 2014 Boston Marathon, was honored today the UCLA Athletics Hall of Fame.

President Obama met for a few minutes at LAX with students in a UCLA seminar taught by actor and former White House aide Kal Penn. The class: "Hope, Change, and Fist Bumps: Young Americans and The Obama Presidency."

Eleven UCLA students received awards as part of the sixth annual UCLA Library Awards Day.

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.

UCLA student Noah Lizerbram organizes benefit concerts like this week's 'Kickback for a Cause' to help bring music classes and instruments to poor communities.

Arienna Grody will become a public defender in Alabama after winning the first UCLA Gideon’s Promise Fellowship.

Undergraduates in UCLA's Humanities Residential College, who share a genuine interest in the humanities, live and explore culture together as a community.

The UCLA Blum Center's Second Annual Spring Conference on May 6-7 will feature the latest research on health and poverty in Latin America and highlight solutions.

New generation of UCLA students to see mural, painted 44 years ago by black art students, depicting the struggles and achievements of African-Americans.

A year after the Boston bombings, UCLA's most accomplished distance runner wins with a time of 2:08:37.

Two exhibitions opening May 4 highlight the Fowler's collection of Native American art and long-standing commitment to displaying the works of indigenous cultures.

A new UCLA-produced video and on-screen messages that will be shown throughout the campus urge survivors of sexual assault to seek help, take a stand and remember that such crimes impact the entire campus community.

Nearly 15,000 admitted first-year students and their families will have an opportunity to experience first-hand what makes UCLA a top choice for their college career.

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

Students who learned that they'd been admitted to UCLA, selected from a record 86,000 applicants, shared their excitement on Twitter, Instagram and other social networks.