UCLA was awarded a plaque by the volunteer group Peace Corps last week for being one of the universities with the largest number of former students joining the organization. Read more...

Jesse Melgar, the current external vice president of the Undergraduate Students Association Council, was elected as the chairman of the University of California Students Association at their meeting, held in Berkeley from July 10 to 13. Melgar has served extensively in student government as the external vice president for USAC last year and again for this year. Read more...

The Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center was ranked third in the nation, and for the 19th consecutive year, the best in the western United States by U.S. News & World Report's annual survey of "America's Best Hospitals" in its July 21 issue. Read more...

When Eliana Duffy, 3, asks her mother where her father is, Sarita Duffy, a student at the Franciscan University of Steubenville, Ohio, tells her that he's "far away, fighting bad guys." Read more...

Gripping her steering wheel and driving at high speeds with knuckles clenched so tight that the circulation of blood to her hands was cut short, Diana Rider, 33, glanced down and noticed her fists were white and numb. Read more...

The U.S. military has been taking active steps since the 1900s to downsize its man power and consolidate the use of advanced technologies in the battlefield, said Jason Choi, an assistant professor of military science at UCLA. Read more...

Jordan Farmar, a UCLA alumnus and a player for the Los Angeles Lakers, visited pediatric patients at the Mattel Children's Hospital at UCLA early last week. Read more...