Though Obimdinachi Iroezi came to the United States six years
ago to attend college, memories of his home country of Nigeria will
always remain prominent in his mind.

UCLA will be offering its university perspective to Los Angeles
Mayor-elect Antonio Villaraigosa’s transition to office.
Chancellor Albert Carnesale, UCLA Downtown Labor Center Director
Larry Frank and UCLA Institute of the Environment Director Mary
Nichols were asked to advise Villaraigosa on recruiting and
appointing members of the mayor’s staff.

Only after earning a law degree, a master’s degree in
public policy and a master’s degree in law did Alfonso
Galindo learn that to really effect change in his native Mexico, he
would have to abandon the political path in favor of an academic
one.

The last thing many students need as the cost of attending
college continues to increase is a reduction in their financial
aid.
But a report issued by the Government Accountability Office, an
independent, nonpartisan agency that studies federal expenditures,
found that many students will face just that.

For almost three weeks, students, young professionals and even a
grandmother put their lives on hold to remember the lives of
others.
These Armenian-Americans walked the 215 miles from Fresno to
Sacramento to honor those killed and displaced by Ottoman Turkey
between 1915 and 1923 during the Armenian Genocide.

Since the Security Breach Information Act became law in
California, what is perceived as the nature of identity theft has
changed.
A bill proposed Monday in the U.S.

To mark the 11th anniversary of the Rwandan genocide, some
students are drawing attention to another African crisis ““
the systematic killing of Sudanese people in the country’s
Darfur region.

Fewer students with low SAT scores were admitted to the
University of California in 2004 ““ especially to UCLA ““
according to UC admissions data for this year’s freshman
class.

Gender inequality still exists in higher education, though not
in the way many might expect. Women now represent more of the U.S.
undergraduate population than men, according to a report released
by the National Center for Education Statistics.

Last year’s drop in graduate enrollment at the University
of California will either be reversed or repeated by students
currently deciding where to attend graduate school.