Campus News
May 23, 2013
UCLA live-tweets surgery to implant brain pacemaker while patient strums guitar
A team of UCLA Health System brain specialists implanted its 500th brain pacemaker on Thursday, and invited followers on Twitter to observe. The patient, actor and musician Brad Carter, was awakened during the surgery and asked to play the guitar as an aid to the medical team.
May 23, 2013
Details for media: Former U.N. chief Kofi Annan's Luskin Thought Leadership Lecture at UCLA
Kofi Annan, the former secretary-general of the United Nations and joint recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, will speak at UCLA on May 30.
May 22, 2013
Coroner says man who fell near Boelter Hall committed suicide (updated)
The Los Angeles County coroner's office said the death near Boelter Hall, which houses the engineering school, was a suicide.
May 20, 2013
Fowler Museum celebrates 50th anniversary with year of special exhibitions, programs
A suite of intimate, thematic exhibitions mounted this fall will highlight more than 800 artworks from the Fowler's vast, acclaimed global collections.
May 17, 2013
UCLA's new Meteorite Museum rocks
The collection of some 1,500 meteorites includes a 357-pound chunk from Arizona donated to UCLA by philanthropist William Andrews Clark, Jr.
May 16, 2013
Alumni Day 2013 will offer chances to network
Nearly 2,000 UCLA alumni and friends are expected to gather on campus this Saturday (May 18) to participate in the annual UCLA Alumni Day, which will feature speeches and activities for professional networking and personal growth.
May 16, 2013
UCLA math students place third in prestigious North American competition
Led by two students finishing in the top 20, the team earns UCLA's best finish in the Putnam Competition since 1968.
May 16, 2013
Actor Kal Penn, dancer Lula Washington, other grads receive top alumni awards
UCLA's Alumni Association honors six alumni on May 17 for outstanding achievement in their professional fields and contributions to society.






















