Making STEM accessible through translation
A UCLA-led project aims to increase the availability of Spanish-language neuroscience research.
UCLA creates first disability studies major at a California public university
New program launched thanks in part to overwhelming popularity of the campus’s existing minor.
Arushi Avachat selected as 2024 Marshall Scholar
Arushi Avachat, who plans to graduate in June with degrees in English and political science and a South Asian studies minor, is the latest UCLA student to win the prestigious Marshall Scholarship.
Avachat worked with the UCLA Center for Scholarships & Scholar Enrichment to complete her application and prepare for the interview. The center provides writing workshops, individual counseling, interview preparation and assistance with institutional endorsements to UCLA undergraduates who are applying for scholarships.
Academic Advancement Program Student Awarded Arthur Ashe Scholarship
Sydney Do credits an entire community with paving her path to UCLA.
After high school, the Maryland native moved to California to live with her grandparents and attend a local community college. But when her grandmother died and her grandfather’s health failed, the teenage Do found herself living on her own with no family support.
Getting paid to get ahead: A new program helps students gain career experience and earn money for college
Learn more about theLearning-Aligned Employment Program (LAEP). This new program, funded by the California Student Aid Commission aims to provide paid, career-building jobs for undergrads with financial need.
Students’ community service projects earn Strauss scholarships
A program that provides career mentorship to college students and recent graduates on the autism spectrum and those with developmental disabilities. Another that ensures children in the Mojave Desert will continue to learn about healthy eating and sustainability from their elementary school garden. These difference-making initiatives are the beneficiaries of help from two UCLA students who each won one of this year’s Donald A. Strauss Foundation scholarships for community service.
UCLA’s Arthur Ashe Legacy Fund Launches Ashe Internship at SPORTFIVE Agency
Arthur Ashe‘s legacy will live on at UCLA in a new form with the debut of a summer internship offered to one UCLA student or recent graduate each year, supported by UCLA’s Arthur Ashe Legacy Fund.
Social justice in the spotlight during UCLA Undergraduate Research Week
An examination of how a museum exhibition that told the stories of HIV-positive people around the world through photographs they took of their daily lives affected people’s attitudes about HIV. An assessment of the effectiveness of a Los Angeles-area non-profit as it tries to empower Black and Latina girls to enact social change through research, training and community mobilization.
Two Bruins win prestigious Goldwater Scholarships
UCLA undergraduates Jovian Cheung and Kevin Jiang have won this year’s prestigious Goldwater Scholarship, among the 410 natural science, engineering and mathematics students from across the U.S. to be awarded scholarships from a pool of 1,256 college sophomores and juniors.