Former first lady Michelle Obama told students to reach for higher education at an event on campus Wednesday. Roughly 9,000 incoming college students packed Pauley Pavilion for the sixth annual College Signing Day, hosted by Obama’s Better Make Room and Reach Higher initiatives. Read more...

Photo: Former first lady Michelle Obama said she wore a Compton College shirt for College Signing Day at UCLA to show appreciation for community colleges and to remind people not to count out students from marginalized communities. (Kristie-Valerie Hoang/Daily Bruin senior staff)

The father of modern linguistics delivered the first of several public lectures at UCLA on Monday as part of a weeklong lecture series. Noam Chomsky, a professor emeritus at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, is giving a series of open lectures on linguistic theory at UCLA from Monday through Thursday. Read more...

Photo: Noam Chomsky, considered the father of modern linguistics, is delivering a series of lectures during week five. He discussed topics including artificial intelligence, 17th-century linguists and animal communications. (Mia Kayser/Daily Bruin staff)