In the face of a staggering state deficit and a delay on essential Cal Grant payments, students can breathe a sigh of relief with confirmation that funding will be made available in early spring, with the university alleviating any immediate shortages through such solutions as advancing funds to students or allowing them to register without payment.

With student fees on the rise and state funding for higher education diminishing in the face of California’s $41 billion budget deficit, UCLA is expanding to generate much needed funding for graduate fellowships and undergraduate scholarships through the Bruin Scholars Initiative.

Leading the room in a spirited 8-clap, KNBC news reporter and UCLA alumnus Patrick Healy kicked off a celebration of Bruin pride that honored notable alumni and friends of UCLA on Sunday.

As students from across the country gathered in Washington, D.C., to lobby for student programs on March 18, fourth-year sociology student Gregory Cendana was hit with the realization that this was no fleeting passion for him.

Students lined Bruin Walk last week in a battle to fill enormous containers with coins, then spent the weekend camped out at the Sunset Canyon Recreation Center to raise funds to send nearly 1,000 children from low-income families to outdoor camp this summer.

This election season, students have the option to “go green” with a referendum seeking an increase in student fees to fund an account for environmental sustainability efforts at UCLA.

Switching on an MP3 player and brushing aside a wall of dangling beads, Sol Eufracio leaves UCLA behind to embark on her journey into an African village.

For many students, hearing a professor’s lecture is as simple as switching on an iPod or connecting to the Internet.

Hans Blix, former chief United Nations weapons inspector and a central figure in the debate over how to address nuclear proliferation, will speak on the issue of disarmament today in a forum presented by UCLA’s Burkle Center for International Relations.

From a Riverside native who handwrote her high school essays because she did not own a computer to a woman who is one of only 96 black students in her year, Campbell Hall bustles with students from myriad backgrounds who all say they benefit from the Academic Advancement Program.