In its largest effort to date, the Office of Residential Life organized the distribution of $12,000 worth of candy to children aged 5 to 11 from several South Los Angeles elementary schools and community centers. Read more...

The UCLA Institute of the Environment has concluded conditions in Southern California’s water quality and supply, marine resources, and hazardous waste levels have improved, but had some recommendations on environmental sustainability in its fourth annual Southern California Environmental Report Card released Wednesday. Read more...

Two large creeks once flowed through the east and west sides of the UCLA campus. But in order to construct more buildings in the early 1930s, most of the two creeks was buried. Read more...

Allow us to be among the first to say it: Welcome to UCLA, Mr. Gray Davis. When we heard the ex-governor of this state was packing his bags and heading south to do some lecturing at the UCLA School of Public Affairs, we thought we’d reacquaint you with some student sentiment. Read more...

Creating a scene similar to an aerobics class in the Wooden Center, attendees and speakers at a symposium about health disparities on Tuesday paused mid-session for an exercise recess, in spite of the ties, slacks and button-down shirts many were wearing. Read more...

Many of the fruits and vegetables served in UCLA dining halls and restaurants have been treated with pesticides and transported from around the world. The California Student Sustainability Coalition hopes to change that. Read more...

When UCLA alumnus Willy Leventhal met Rosa Parks in the mid-1970s, he found that she matched the description he had always heard. “She was a very quiet-spoken person, a very dignified person,” Leventhal said, speaking on his cell phone from the Rosa Parks Library and Museum at Troy University in Alabama. Read more...