Were you among those thousands of prospective students whose dreams were smashed and applications rejected by the University of California, Los Angeles? Here’s your chance to attend the school, […]
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Live From UCLA, It’s LCC!
by ADA TSENG, Audrey Magazine When college students Randall Park, David J. Lee and Derek Mateo founded a theater group at UCLA 20 years ago, little did they know […]
Register for UCLA’s High School Summer Korean Language Classes
For the first time, UCLA is offering a Korean language summer course for high school students of Korean heritage. Students will have the opportunity to spend four weeks through […]
Korean American Filmmaker Grace Lee’s Documentary Wins Peabody Award
by REERA YOO | @reeraboo editor@charactermedia.com Korean American filmmaker Grace Lee’s documentary, American Revolutionary: The Evolution of Grace Lee Boggs, has been named as one of the winners of the 74th annual Peabody Awards. […]
UCLA and USC’s Korean American Student Organizations to Present ‘3 Steps to College’
by GRACE LEE | @grace_koream editor@charactermedia.com Attention, high school students: UCLA’s Korean American Student Associations (KASA) and USC’s Korean Student Association (KSA) will be presenting its third annual “3 Steps to […]
UCLA Needs More Asian Americans for an Alcohol Study
Here’s your chance to drink for science again. The Addictions Research Laboratory in the Department of Psychology at UCLA is looking for Asian Americans who drink alcohol to participate […]
UCLA Needs Asian American Subjects for an Alcohol Study
Do you have drinking down to a science? If it were a science, would you have a Ph.D. in the subject? If you think so, this study at the […]
Filipino Basketball Prodigy Kobe Paras Commits to UCLA, Gains Thousands of Fans
It looks like Los Angeles will soon have a new Kobe to cheer for. Kobe Paras, a 17-year-old basketball prodigy from the Philippines, first gained major attention for […]
The Real Story Behind College Student Turned Libyan Freedom Fighter Chris Jeon
In the summer of 2011, UCLA student Chris Jeon left his $9,000-a-month internship at a San Francisco financial firm to fight with the rebels in Libya. What was he […]
11 Inspiring Graduation Speeches By Asian Americans
by MICHELLE WOO Ah, Commencement Day. With graduates struggling to wave to Mom and Dad in the sea of camera flashes while simultaneously planning their after-party routes and trying […]
University of California, Los Angeles
For nearly 100 years, UCLA has been a pioneer, persevering through impossibility, turning the futile into the attainable. We doubt the critics, reject the status quo and see opportunity […]
Asians Taking Over American Colleges? The Fung Bros Breakdown The Asian Myth
We all know the stereotype. Apparently, Asians taking over American college campuses. It’s no surprise that for many of us, education has always been portrayed as something that must be […]
The Inspiring Life of Grammy-Nominated Violist Richard Yongjae O’Neill
Phenomenal Man Accomplished violist Richard Yongjae O’Neill is, in many ways, driven by his past, a legacy of both pain and incredible generosity. by YOONJ KIM Glance at Richard […]
January Issue: The Real Story Behind College Student Turned Libyan Freedom Fighter Chris Jeon
Photo by Mark Edward Harris/KoreAm In the summer of 2011, UCLA student Chris Jeon left his $9,000-a-month internship at a San Francisco financial firm to fight with the rebels […]
November Issue: Smashing Pumpkins Guitarist Jeff Schroeder Rocks the Books
The Scholar Rocker Jeff Schroeder, the guitarist of The Smashing Pumpkins, gives us the inside scoop on the resurgent band, drops hints about the forthcoming album and explains how […]
