Academics & Faculty

The nation's unemployment rate climbed to 10.2 percent in October, its highest level since 1983. In California, unemployment was at 12.2 percent. UCLA has faculty with expertise on unemployment and the economy.

Statement from Gerald S. Levey, vice chancellor of medical sciences and dean of the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, on the naming of his successor:   I believe the selection of A. Eugene Washington to serve as the next dean of the David...

Message to UCLA administrative officers, deans, department chairs, directors, vice chancellors and faculty of the medical echool and medical sciences from Scott Waugh, executive vice chancellor and provost:   Dear Colleagues:   I...

Washington was proposed to the Board of Regents as dean of the David Geffen School of Medicine and vice chancellor of health sciences at UCLA, effective February 1, 2010.

Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa on Tuesday will announce his selection of the city's new police chief, who will succeed William Bratton. UCLA has experts.

Twenty years ago, on Nov. 9, 1989, the Berlin Wall came down, signaling the imminent collapse of communist rule throughout Eastern Europe and in the Soviet Union. UCLA faculty members with expertise on the subject are available to the media, and several will participate in a Nov. 6 UCLA symposium on the subject.

Scott L. Waugh, UCLA Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost, announced the appointment in a message to campus leadership.

The U.S. economy grew last quarter for the first time in a year, with the nation's gross domestic product rising 3.5 percent between July and September. UCLA has experts.