This post was updated Dec. 1 at 10 a.m.
As fireworks burst over the Rose Bowl after UCLA’s win over Iowa last year, Peter Dachtler and his family stood arm in arm on the field, singing the UCLA alma mater.

Student staff alleged that a lack of administrative support has placed strain on UCLA’s student-initiated outreach and retention projects for marginalized groups.
ELAS SEMILLA de UCLA – a retention program which mentors Latino high school students – was put on “indefinite pause,” according to SEMILLA’s Sept.

When Rhea Parameswaran left her hometown of Bangalore, she missed three things: her family, the food and the films.
That love for Indian cinema inspired her to co-found the Indian Cinema Collective (ICC) – a UCLA club that explores Indian cinema through film screenings, panels and guest speaker events.

This post was updated Oct. 15 at 10:06 a.m.
Friends and family of UCLA alumnus Helya Bahari Kashani gathered at a vigil on campus Sept. 28 to commemorate her life.

The Westwood Village Improvement Association announced that it found housing for its first unhoused client through the Midvale Housing Program at the North Westwood Neighborhood Council meeting Sept.

This post was updated Sept. 12 at 6:20 p.m.
A UCLA organization that provides specialized technology support for students and faculty across the Humanities Division could be impacted by UCLA’s new information technology consolidation initiative, professors said.

Dr. Jerzy Kupiec-Weglinski has led organ transplant research at UCLA for nearly three decades.
Kupiec-Weglinski, the vice chairman of basic science research in the David Geffen School of Medicine’s surgery department, said his research centers on improving organ transplant surgery outcomes amid the growing demand for transplants as the population ages.

Andre Jones said he did not see himself represented in mainstream media growing up.
“When I was watching TV, I wasn’t watching The Brady Bunch,” said Jones, a UCLA alumnus.

This post was updated July 13 at 8:27 p.m.
Mary Grace Stevens said she felt alone after coming to UCLA as a first-generation and low-income student.

Family members rely on identity-specific graduation celebrations to honor their graduating Bruins’ accomplishments.
Identity-based graduation ceremonies – including the Latinx Celebration and the Samahang Pilipino Student Celebration – seek to honor seniors who share a particular identity, said Lindsey Sambilay, the Pilipinx Graduation Celebration admin coordinator.