U.S. senators passed a bipartisan student loan act Wednesday that would cut current student loan interest rates in half this year.

Gulnaz Kiper takes breaks from studying for her finals as often as she can to check news and social media accounts of protests currently taking place in Istanbul. Her family members are some of the Turkish citizens participating in violent protests that erupted in Turkey on Saturday.

Recently released findings from a UCLA campus climate survey administered two years ago reveal a disconnect between student opinions on diversity and students’ willingness to reach out to other groups on campus.

At age 15, Debra Duardo dropped out of high school and started working full time at a local fast food restaurant.
She didn’t plan to go back to school.

Cracks splinter the cement that covers the Watts Towers, exposing a steel skeleton to the elements. About a half-hour drive from UCLA, the towers stand as a historic landmark in the neighborhood of Watts and are in need of a lasting face-lift.

For the past several years, the University of California has experienced a dynamic of sharp state budget cuts that have been absorbed primarily by increasing tuition – a funding model that a recent report says is unsustainable.

Drawing from his two decades of experience with annual healing rituals and ceremonies in southern Arizona, a UCLA professor is helping indigenous communities in the region document their language by making it available to a mass audience through a new website.

An extensive report recently released by the UCLA World Policy Analysis Center presents suggestions to improve the futures of children worldwide.
The center, which opened in January, published its inaugural report earlier this month, called “Changing Children’s Chances.” The report examines data from all 193 countries in the United Nations.

A California lawmaker recently proposed creating a statewide earthquake early-warning system to help prevent widespread damage to both people and property, and to alleviate the fiscal impact of future earthquakes on the state.

Women in the military can now officially serve in combat under a new policy – a move some members of the UCLA community say could help level the playing field and create more equitable opportunities for female personnel in the U.S. Armed Forces.