The 7-year-old girl ran across the school yard when Leslie Rodriguez called her name. The normally shy elementary school student didn’t hold back as she made funny faces with Rodriguez, the UCLA student with whom she is closest.

UCLA will collaborate with the government of Taiwan this year in a new project called Spotlight Taiwan, a partnership which aims to spread Taiwanese culture around the world.

Between the lines upon lines of code recent computer science graduate Christina Fries writes, she sees her own creativity.
Each complete segment is an expression of her knowledge and artistry, a sentiment she discovered in part through her work with Simul8, a student group employed by the UCLA Library to develop Web and mobile apps.

For an assignment in her high school literature class, Victoria Gonzalez and her classmates wrote essays about their struggles at home because of the economic downturn in 2008.

UCLA researchers are trying to prevent the closure of a prominent social science lab, which is scheduled to shut down early next month in order to create space for offices and classrooms.

Students approved a fee-increase referendum in Thursday night’s undergraduate student elections to help fund Bruin Bash and the Enormous Activities Fair.

The undergraduate student government external vice president’s office held a forum on ethical investments Monday night to address student concerns about a contentious resolution the council voted to table indefinitely two weeks ago.

The undergraduate student government voted at its meeting Tuesday to indefinitely table a controversial resolution that calls on UCLA to analyze its assets and pull its finances from companies that violate human and labor rights.

Undergraduate Students Association Council is the official student government of UCLA’s undergraduate students. Council meetings are Tuesdays at 7 p.m. in Kerckhoff 417 and are open to all students.

Chancellor Gene Block announced a new initiative last week to help increase public understanding of veterans issues as members of the armed forces return home from overseas deployment.