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Volunteers are working at more than 50 schools, public parks, senior centers, community centers and homeless service providers. Chancellor Gene Block joined California Assembly Speaker John Perez at Leo Politi Elementary School in Koreatown.

"I'm especially pleased to welcome our newest students to the Bruin family," Block writes in his message to the UCLA campus community.

One of the first health-themed dining halls in the country, Bruin Plate focuses on local, sustainable, fresh, wholesome and unprocessed foods.

Tuesday, 7,400 UCLA volunteers will help out at more than 50 schools, senior centers, public parks, food banks and shelters around greater Los Angeles — before fall classes even start.

True Bruin Welcome activities will include concerts, films, sporting events, information sessions and other events aimed at introducing new students to campus life and UCLA tradition.

A new system is needed to streamline and strengthen the regulation of groundwater, which makes up nearly a third of the state's water supply, the report argues.

Nearly 100 people gathered on campus at UCLA to mark the official launch of construction on the much-anticipated facility, which is scheduled to open in 2016.

The campus earned the No. 23 spot among all U.S. universities and was named the No. 2 public university in the country in the closely watched annual survey.

UCLA Athletics is saddened to learn of the tragic loss of football player Nick Pasquale, who passed away early Sunday morning after being struck by a car in his hometown of San Clemente.

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

For third consecutive year, the magazine names UCLA among the nation's best, based on measures such as social mobility, research and service.

Nearly 58,000 donors contributed to help UCLA surpass the campus's ambitious $500 million goal, strengthening progress toward a more self-reliant future.

Ever wish Los Angeles traffic moved better? It might if more commuters followed the lead of UCLA, where only about half of campus commuters drive alone to work.

UCLA is named second among U.S. public universities and 12th among all universities internationally, holding both positions for the third consecutive year.

Feuer, a partner at the firm of Gibson Dunn and Crutcher, has handled a broad range of complex business law and corporate governance matters. He begins his tenure on Sept. 1.

Only those fans who bought tickets to see the Spanish soccer team train with the L.A. Galaxy at Carson's StubHub will be admitted to the UCLA training session at 5 p.m. on Aug. 2.

Block is among some 160 university leaders urging the president and Congress to make it a national priority to increase federal spending on research and higher education.

"We are honored to work with the Doheny Eye Institute board in developing a plan to improve patient care throughout Southern California," said UCLA Health System CEO Dr. David Feinberg.

The $5 million donation to UCLA Engineering from alumnus David Mong will help support the building of the Mong Learning Center as part of the new Engineering VI building.

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.

If approved by the full Board of Regents on July 18, the Secretary of Homeland Security will leave the Obama Administration to lead the university system.