Few students can effectively combine their personal and academic lives the way John Slifko has. The Freemason of 30 years is pursuing a doctorate in cultural geography that examines the relationship of print and freemasonry in early American civil society. Read more...

Before picking up the pencil to begin trying to get through that murky biochemistry midterm, thinking about an important personal value can alleviate the feeling of impending doom, according to a new UCLA-led study. Read more...

In the first moments after the atomic bomb was dropped in Hiroshima, Kazu Suelshi remembers complete silence, until a lady across the street began to yell, “tuskete, tuskete” ““ Japanese for “help me.” Black-and-white photographs capturing lifeless charred bodies and shadow imprints of victims of the event are on display in the Kerckhoff Art Gallery this week, part of Foumiko Kometani’s A-Bomb exhibition of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Read more...

Students from opposing political groups met and engaged in a heated discussion about domestic and international issues Thursday on campus in the first of three debates this academic year. Read more...

The investments committee of the UC Board of Regents will meet on campus today to hear a request for a full proposal to divest holdings from four foreign companies engaged in business in Sudan, a country whose government has committed genocide in western Darfur for more than two years. Read more...

When the Geffen Playhouse reopened its doors last month with a renovated main stage auditorium and improved acoustics, it took another step away from its roots. Read more...

On its Web site, UCLA Live originally advertised the Globe Theatre’s performance of Shakespeare’s “Measure for Measure” as a “lighthearted comedy.” When UCLA Live Artistic Director David Sefton became aware of this posting, he immediately requested that it be removed, stating that “Measure for Measure’s” controversial material and loose ends make it far more problematic than lighthearted. Read more...