Two students received the 2025-26 Don T. Nakanishi Award for Outstanding Engaged Scholarship in Asian American and Pacific Islander Studies last month for their community research and activism.

This post was updated July 12 at 7:37 p.m.
UCLA’s life sciences department is pressuring a student-run botanical club to vacate an educational greenhouse it has used for the past two years, students said.

This post was updated April 30 at 11:28 pm.
Morton La Kretz, a UCLA alumnus and environmental philanthropist, died Jan. 31. He was 100.
La Kretz funded the 2018 renovation of the La Kretz Botany Building and the construction of La Kretz Hall – UCLA’s first building to receive LEED certification, which recognizes sustainable and cost-effective buildings – in 2005.

This post was updated April 14 at 11 p.m.
Aliza Pinon will soon be the first in her family to attend a four-year university.
Pinon, an admitted student from California’s Central Valley, was accepted to UCLA this spring – an accomplishment that she said was meaningful, coming from a high school with limited resources.

This post was updated Feb. 18 at 11:32 p.m.
Vibrant spotlights, R&B music and soul food filled De Neve Residential Restaurant on Thursday evening for its Black History Month Celebration Dinner.

This post was updated Nov. 18 at 10:45 p.m.
UCLA Dining is reducing the number of food trucks it offers on the Hill, sparking criticism from vendors and students.