The number of applicants to the Masters of Business Administration program at the UCLA Anderson School of Management are up, despite a trend of fewer applications to MBA programs nationally. The Anderson school has recently seen a 22.3 percent increase in its application rates, which officials attribute to revamped recruiting practices, said Rob Weiler, associate dean of the full-time MBA program at Anderson. Read more...

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UCLA Anderson School of Management saw an increase in applications, while the number of applications declined nationwide.

UCLA-USC rivalry week kicked off Sunday night with university officials and students taking steps to protect the Bruin Bear and the newly unveiled John Wooden statue. Read more...

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UCLA students stay out all night in front of the John Wooden statue outside Pauley Pavilion to ward of potential USC pranksters during the week leading up to the annual UCLA–USC football game.

With the annual rivalry football game between UCLA and USC less than one week away, about 830 UCLA and USC students, alumni, family and friends raced around the UCLA campus on Sunday morning to participate in the 5-kilometer race, "We Run the City." Read more...

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“We Run the City,” a 5K race between UCLA and USC students that was held for the first time this year, started out in Wilson Plaza Sunday morning. The rivalry run, which raises money for Special Olympics Southern California, will be held on both campuses alternatively until the 2015 Special Olympics.

Parents and friends in tow, children ran around South Campus on Saturday, making fossil casts, programming robots and eating liquid nitrogen ice cream. Read more...

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Children observe a model of the Orion constellation during the annual Exploring Your Universe! event held in South Campus on Saturday.

Melissa Ma is the only student at UCLA pursuing the language, interaction and culture minor. And she'll be the last. Read more...

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Melissa Ma, a fourth-year psychology student, is the last student left pursuing the language, interaction and culture minor at UCLA. The College of Letters and Science Faculty Executive Committee voted last month to discontinue the minor. However, Ma is allowed to complete her minor first.

Gary A. Clark Jr. officially started as the new UCLA director of admission on Monday. Read more...

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Gary Clark is the new admissions director at UCLA. He previously served as a senior associate admissions director at USC.