Akron/Family may be known as a folk group, but its four members have exactly one thing in common with the average folk musician: beards. The quartet, which will perform tonight at the Cooperage in a concert sponsored by Campus Events, makes adventurous music full of multi-instrumental layering and unexpected sonic detours. Read more...

When the Scientific and Technical Academy Awards are held on Feb. 18, the UCLA community may see one of its own on the red carpet. Computer science Professor Demetri Terzopoulos and his former colleague John Platt of Microsoft won a Technical Achievement Academy Award for a 1987 paper titled “Elastically Deformable Models.” Scientific and Technical Academy Awards are given to “those accomplishments that contribute to the progress of the industry,” according to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Web site. Read more...

For six days last quarter, UCLA students carefully sliced away at the tendrils and vibrant petals of rich tropical foliage on the garden island of Kauai. Read more...

A lynching re-enactment, conversations with foreign ambassadors, lectures and film screenings are among the various programs planned at UCLA for Black History Month. The UCLA Ralph J. Read more...

In front of a noticeably divided Congress and a country that is increasingly dissatisfied with his job performance, President Bush declared Tuesday that the state of the nation is strong as he reaffirmed his resolve to bring democracy to Iraq and end American dependence on Middle Eastern oil. Read more...

Samuel Alito was confirmed by the Senate on Tuesday morning and sworn in as the United States’ 110th Supreme Court justice, marking the second judicial confirmation to the nation’s highest court in five months. Read more...

With the aim of promoting cultural diversity and changing social perceptions about Islam, the UCLA Muslim Students Association is putting on Islamic Awareness Week. Leyla Ozgur, an Islamic studies graduate student, gave a lecture Monday night titled “Diversity of Tongues and Cultures,” which highlighted diversity within the Islamic faith. Read more...