On her birthday every year, Lauri Mattenson tries something new, whether it is taking surfing lessons or volunteering in Peru.

Two UCLA students mapped the lives of Holocaust survivors and put their results online. Their project follows the lives of a married couple who traveled from Europe to Israel and eventually to the United States.

Democrats reintroduced the DREAM Act into the Senate Wednesday, which two UCLA professors said is unlikely to pass through Congress.

Renovation of Dykstra Hall will be postponed until the new De Neve buildings are ready, opening up 980 housing spots for incoming first-years.

Plans for online classes hit a bump after the UC Online Instruction Pilot Project failed to secure enough outside funds.

Already declining funding from the National Institutes of Health and other research agencies was sliced further in the budget President Barack Obama signed Friday.

University of California students will not receive additional Pell Grants this summer if President Barack Obama signs the budget deal that passed in the Senate on Thursday.

Students will be able to take online classes from UCLA and other UC campuses starting as early as next year through the UC Online Instruction Pilot Project.

Proposed cuts to the Pell Grant program in the House Republicans’ budget proposals would force UCLA to revise financial aid offers.

That could influence the decisions of thousands of admitted students with a May 1 intent-to-register deadline, UCLA officials said Wednesday.

Disaster preparedness organizations in Los Angeles and at UCLA have seen increased interest following the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Japan.