Tajweed – or the practice of breaking down the pronunciations and nuances in the Quran – is an art that upholds the true meaning of the text for Amin Quadri, a fourth-year biochemistry student. Read more...

UCLA will celebrate Black History Month throughout February with a series of lectures and cultural exhibitions to enlighten the community about black culture and history. On Wednesday, African studies professor Adams Bodomo, from the University of Vienna, will speak on contemporary Africa/China relations and the increasing number of Africans visiting and settling in China in his lecture “Africans in China.” “We live in a media-saturated world in which different issues and perspectives continually compete for our attention,” said Darnell Hunt, director of the UCLA Ralph J. Read more...