In her two years at UCLA, Sumedha Singh has bought only one textbook, and that’s only because she absolutely needed to. The second-year neuroscience student is often found in Powell Library, her nose buried in textbooks she doesn’t own. Read more...

After three years of juggling a full class load and a part-time research job, Tom Clarke’s hard work will pay off when he heads to Oxford University on the prestigious Marshall Scholarship next fall. Read more...

On Dec. 12, RunObama.com and DraftObama.org delivered a 12,000 signature petition to Senator Barack Obama to encourage him to run for the 2008 presidency. I was only moderately impressed with such a show of support before he even announced his candidacy ““ until my roommate joined the Facebook group “Barack Obama for President in 2008,” whose reach had surpassed that of the other two online organizations. Read more...

Kal Raustiala, a professor at the UCLA School of Law and the UCLA International Institute, was appointed director of the Ronald W. Burkle Center for International Relations last month. Read more...

The Cotsen Institute of Archaeology at UCLA has much to look forward to in 2007 after receiving a hefty donation last December. Lloyd Cotsen, who has sponsored archaeology on campus for decades, gave the institute $10 million, one of the largest endowments worldwide in the archeological field. Read more...

The investigation into December’s breach of a UCLA database that contained personal information of current and former students, as well as staff and administrators, continues while officials focus on notifying those affected and publicizing available resources. Read more...