This post was updated April 26 at 10:04 p.m.
More than 100 people gathered for a vigil at the base of Janss Steps on Friday evening to commemorate the 111th anniversary of the start of the Armenian Genocide.

Transfer students make up more than a third of the UCLA undergraduate student body, but myths persist about the transfer experience and application process.
Nearly 53,000 transfer students have graduated from UCLA in the past 26 years, according to the university’s alumni association.

A former United States ambassador to Russia said people should remain hopeful for a more democratic global future in a Thursday talk at the School of Law.

This post was updated April 16 at 11:06 p.m.
Nearly 70% of California workers feel unprepared to succeed in today’s workforce, according to a study published Tuesday by Canvas’ parent company.

This post was updated April 5 at 9:54 p.m.
California nonprofits are working to put an initiative funding immunology research on the November ballot.
The initiative would authorize $8.4 billion of state bonds to support the research – half of which would be required to support developing treatments for Alzheimer’s disease, cancer and heart disease – if 546,651 signatures are collected for it to appear on the ballot.

This post was updated March 24 at 9:10 a.m.
Three United Auto Workers units ratified contracts with the UC on Friday, averting a strike after months of bargaining. 
The three units – UAW Local 4811’s academic student employees unit, Research and Public Service Professionals-UAW and Student Services and Advising Professionals-UAW – represent more than 40,000 UC academic and research employees, including teaching assistants.

This post was updated March 5 at 9:51 p.m.
About 30 people gathered in Campbell Hall on Feb. 25 to honor two students and Black Panther Party members who were killed there in 1969 – and to call for the building to be renamed after the activists.

Jonli Tunstall will serve as the new associate vice provost of student diversity and director of UCLA’s Academic Advancement Program.
AAP provides first-generation, low-income and historically underrepresented students with tutoring, counseling, mentorship and research opportunities, according to its website.

This post was updated Feb. 24 at 11:37 p.m.
UC lecturers are tentatively set to begin negotiations with the University in March.
The unit of the University Council-American Federation of Teachers representing lecturers reached its current contract with the University in November 2021.

This post was updated March 3 at 10:34 p.m.
Red Darby never expected to be accepted to UCLA, especially as a transfer student coming from Columbia College.