Straight talk, important research findings, and tough love were the order of the day at the 4th Annual Black Male Institute (BMI) Think Tank Conference, hosted this spring by the Graduate School of Education & Information Studies and Center X at UCLA. The day-long event, which was also supported by the Department of Education at Occidental College, brought 150 middle and high school students from throughout the Los Angeles area to the UCLA campus for a glimpse at university life. Read more