After an improvised explosive device exploded near him in 2005, Marine Cpl. Aaron P. Mankin had severe burns on more than 25 percent of his body. Read more...

Given the competitive nature of medical school admissions, many college students struggle with maintaining the high GPA and stellar MCAT scores they believe medical schools care most about. Read more...

Regina Kruglyak works with an organization in Honduras to help villagers build sustainable water systems but did not predict that one of her first obstacles would be teaching villagers to count. Read more...

There is a moment when I check my e-mail. Something happens. Something, other than, of course, the relay of information between me and the screen; and between me and the other people who fill my inbox with images and text. Read more...

The Communications Board elected Jamal Madni, a graduate student in electrical engineering, as its chairman for the year on Monday night. Read more...

A woman posed as a scholar at UCLA for nearly four months over the summer before being discovered and asked to leave campus, in the second such incident in the past year. Read more...

United Auto Workers Local 2865, the union representing UC teaching assistants, tutors and readers, has announced on its Web site that it has ended contract negotiations and has reached a tentative agreement with the University of California. Read more...