Tag Archive for: Undergraduate Education

McNair Research Scholars

Celebrating 20 years of the UCLA McNair Research Scholars Program

The UCLA McNair Research Scholars Program prepares undergraduate…

Senay Zedingel named fourth Arthur Ashe Jr. Scholar

Courtesy of Senay Zedingel Senay Zedingel, the fourth recipient…
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Recent UCLA grad helped Wikipedia set the record straight on ‘Rain Man’ and autism

Lucy Berbeo | December 21, 2022 The 1988 film “Rain…
Emmy-winning actor and comedic icon Jim Varney played the beloved character Ernest P. Worrell. | Courtesy of PaganomationEmmy-winning actor and comedic icon Jim Varney played the beloved character Ernest P. Worrell. | Courtesy of Paganomation

UCLA’s Jim Varney Scholarship pays the actor’s generous legacy forward

Jonathan Riggs | December 20, 2022 The Kentucky-born…
Portraits of Marinza Marzouk - Monica Soliman - Samuel Zamora

3 UCLA undergrads receive prestigious NIH scholarships

Jonathan Riggs | November 3, 2022 Only 16 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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UCLA food studies institute to tackle global food challenges

The institute will collaborate with a community of chefs and…

New scholarship supports undergraduate internships at community organizations

By Robin Migdol An unpaid summer internship is practically…

Journeys in Precollege Summer Institutes

By Robin Migdol The summer before their senior year in high…

The Uneven Impact of Remote Learning

  By Robin Migdol  |  Illustration by Jeannie Phan   Among…