One year has passed since the earthquake and tsunami and subsequent nuclear crisis that destroyed much of northeastern Japan.

Californians will soon vote on the future of capital punishment in the state, after opponents of the penalty announced last week they have enough signatures to put an initiative calling for a ban on the death penalty on the November ballot.

The University of California set a record last week by selling the largest bond offering of its kind at $860 million, officials say.

For the first time, many UCLA graduate student researchers will be able to join a union previously available to only teaching assistants and readers if a new bill passes the state legislature.

College students and recent graduates could potentially be affected by an upcoming Supreme Court review of the Affordable Care Act, based on the question of whether or not the government can legally require all U.S. citizens to buy health insurance.

California lawmakers passed new regulations last week that experts say will cut greenhouse gas emissions by more than a third over the next four decades.

College students’ backpacks are getting heavier and their textbook receipts are getting longer, but their backs aren’t getting stronger.

Once a week, the Poker Club at UCLA meets off campus to discuss strategy, look at uncommon hands and, of course, play some poker.

UCLA can now release students’ personal information to state and local agencies interested in analyzing the education system because of a federal policy change in the way universities archive data.

Ahmed Maher, a key player in the January revolution in Egypt, encouraged students to participate in popular social movements Tuesday in a private lunch with selected members of the UCLA community.