Grading student papers in his Nairobi school, former UCLA Fulbright Scholar Erustus Ouko epitomizes cross-cultural exchange ““ his beaded Maasai bracelet showcases his Kenyan pride, while his blue-and-white striped UCLA polo shirt hints at his time spent as a Bruin.

At the end of each quarter, without fail, final exam fever sweeps across UCLA’s coffee shops and study nooks, and ordinary students transform into a new breed of caffeine-fueled, textbook-toting creatures.

The University of California Commission on the Future convened in San Francisco last Monday to analyze its working groups’ first round of recommendations, focusing on those that address financial and enrollment challenges.

Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is in the national spotlight once again.

Reports of political unrest and violent protests might be enough to deter some students from studying abroad in Bangkok, the epicenter of a seemingly relentless struggle for power in Thailand.

Forty years ago, Kent State University went from a virtually anonymous Midwestern college campus to the infamous university at which four students were shot and killed while protesting the United States’ invasion of Cambodia.

In light of the refocused attention on Haiti with the University of California Haiti Summit, Daily Bruin reporter Julienne Lauler spoke with Robin Derby, an associate professor of history in the field of modern Latin America & the Caribbean.

From the futuristic architecture to the colorful classrooms decorated with student projects written in both Spanish and English, it is clear that the UCLA Community School is not an average L.A. public school.

While issues of hate crimes at various University of California campuses dominated the UC Board of Regents meeting last week, academic funding was also a fundamental concern, as the board approved a statement clarifying that it has the right to change student fees at any appropriate time.

Recommendations that the University of California manage state prison health care services prompted criticism from union members at today’s UC Board of Regents meeting.