Admissions season is here, and as campus tours wind their way through UCLA, the carefully manicured lawns may play as important a role in prospective students’ decisions as quality of dorm food. Read more...

Due to the increasing cost of participating in Medicaid, many drug companies will no longer sell birth control to colleges at discounted prices, causing the cost of the pill to increase on campus. Read more...

When students walk around campus, they expect to see lecture halls and libraries; few expect to see a towering power plant adjacent to their path. Through the use of its cogeneration facility, UCLA supplies most of its own electricity, cooled water and steam, which is only the start of how the university uses energy efficiently, said David Johnson, director of energy services and utilities. Read more...

Los Angeles city planning officials are proposing to turn an apartment complex at 747 Gayley Ave. into condominiums later this year. A public hearing is set for next Wednesday at City Hall to discuss the potential conversion and allow people to voice their concerns. Read more...

After a five-month investigation into accusations that universities have been giving lenders preferential treatment in exchange for money, the New York attorney general who led the search agreed to halt the investigation in 36 universities and one major bank. Read more...

In New Orleans over spring break as part of volunteer program, I placed the water-warped children’s books and faded Christmas tree ornaments next to the folded up American flag and Mother Mary statue that were already piled on the floor, the only remnants of the family that used to live in a ravished New Orleans home. Read more...