UCLA students come from 107 different countries.
29% of UCLA’s undergraduate student body are first-generation college students. 35.1% of undergraduates are Asian and Pacific Islander. 22% are Hispanic and 6.5% are African American.

This post was updated April 26 at 8:12 p.m.
It was natural to find aspiring journalist – and UCLA student – Parker Hupf snapping photographs of the crowd from a freeway overpass during the June 2025 anti-ICE protests.

So-called health specialists have established their influence across social media recently.
The result is a health and wellness realm flooded with constant misinformation.
Many women find themselves trapped between two unsupportive worlds: one of the misinformed wellness preachers of Instagram and the other of a dismissive medical environment.

This post was updated April 26 at 8:18 p.m.
“Green in the Blue and Gold” is a series created by Angelina Alkhouri, an Opinion columnist and a third-year human biology and society student.

Fifty signatures and some paperwork could get a UCLA student in good academic standing a maximum of $15,332.46.
If you do not believe me, try running for a position on the Undergraduate Students Association Council.

This post was updated April 26 at 7:33 p.m.
Editor’s note: This story includes discussion of suicide. If you or someone you know needs help, the national suicide and crisis lifeline in the United States is available by calling or texting 988.

This post was updated April 23 at 7:37 p.m.
Exactly a year ago, I decided to run for international student representative on the Undergraduate Students Association Council.