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UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability receives $1.5 million pledge from founding director

The gift from Richard and Linda Turco will support students…
Image of Angela Deaver Campbell with three 2019 graduates who benefited from the Scholarship Resource Center’s support, Wesley Armstrong, Sereena Nand and Austin Lee.Image credit: Alyssa Bierce/UCLA College

25 years of helping UCLA students graduate with less debt

Scholarship Resource Center celebrates a quarter-century…
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She’s a catalyst: UCLA doctoral candidate Samantha Mensah, co-founder of BlackInChem

Samantha Mensah co-founded BlackInChem to help…
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Intricacies of L.A.’s urban ecosystem are focus of new UCLA podcast

By Jonathan Van Dyke Not all of the celebrities in Los…
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UCLA nonviolence class connects students to Martin Luther King Jr.’s enduring legacy

The class taught by Rev. James Lawson Jr. has motivated students…

New scholarship supports undergraduate internships at community organizations

By Robin Migdol An unpaid summer internship is practically…
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UCLA environmental experts featured in PBS series about sustainability

Faculty and others play a major role in shaping stories of accountability…
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Graduating senior forged new connections to Vietnamese heritage through UCLA class

Anne Nguyen started observing the economic and emotional…
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Journeys in Precollege Summer Institutes

By Robin Migdol The summer before their senior year in high…
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Lessons Learned: UCLA Symposium on Remote Teaching during COVID-19

Students haven’t been the only ones navigating a new college…