He started at UCLA 28 years ago as a teenager from a poor part of Los Angeles, a former gang member who had seen his friends fall to gunshots and knives while still in high school. Read more...

Photo: Jose Buktaw finished his final classes at UCLA to secure a better job to support his family of eight. He waited until midnight, when the house was quiet enough, to finish his homework.

She was 6 years old when she cracked the code. Janie Brunson picked up a book and could connect the raised patterns of dots through the touch of her fingertips. It finally clicked. Read more...

Photo: Janie Brunson, a first-year English student, is one of the few blind students entering UCLA this year. She recently placed third in The Braille Challenge.

After years of planning and months of construction, the much anticipated Wolfgang Puck Express opened its frosted glass doors in Ackerman Union last week. The casual dining restaurant, which is one of the first to serve alcohol on campus, officially opened on the first floor of Ackerman Union Sept. Read more...

Photo: Wolfgang Puck Express opened on the first floor of Ackerman Union on Sept. 18 after almost a year of construction.

After a year of training at a military academy in Mexico, Francisco Reinosa decided to leave behind his country, the military and his mother to pursue a degree in psychology in the U.S. Read more...

Photo: UCLA student Francisco Reinosa left behind his family, the military and his country to pursue a college education at UCLA.