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The search for a successor to outgoing University of California President Richard Atkinson may not only yield a new president ““ it may also make history. Read more...

Prospective medical and law students might be better off taking their standardized tests away from the poorly-rated UCLA campus, according to a nationwide survey on testing facilities. Read more...

In a remote classroom in the Engineering IV building, Sam Phan and Robert Lobbia were busy building models of space shuttles and rockets Monday afternoon. The mood is more solemn than it was last week, Lobbia said, but the explosion of the Columbia space shuttle Saturday will not deter these fifth-year aerospace engineering students, and co-presidents of the American Institute of Astronautics and Aeronautics, from pursuing their lifelong dreams of working in the aerospace industry. Read more...

The death of seven astronauts in the Columbia tragedy this weekend brings human life and the pursuit of progress into perspective. A space accident of similar proportions had not occurred since the explosion of the Challenger upon lift off in 1986. Read more...

UCLA’s Asian Pacific Coalition has begun its fight against the Racial Privacy Initiative ““ which could ban collection of race and ethnic-related data in California ““ more than a year before the measure hits the ballot. Read more...

More than 400 demonstrators wearing and waving blue, yellow and red flags gathered Sunday at the Federal Building to demand the resignation of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez. Read more...