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January 15, 2013
Faculty member gives up his home to homeless family for $1 a month
How many of us have read a story about someone performing a selfless and generous act and been inspired to pay it forward? Tony Tolbert, associate director of admissions and outreach and an adjunct professor at UCLA School of Law, actually did – in a big way.
January 11, 2013
Hollywood goes to college: UCLA to help industry craft stories around global issues
As part of its new initiative, UCLA's Burkle Center will work with the UN and other groups to provide writers and producers with ideas, expertise and creative opportunities.
December 10, 2012
Professor Lloyd Shapley accepts Nobel prize in economics in Stockholm
Professor Shapley received his Nobel diploma and medal from the King of Sweden at a ceremony in the Stockholm Concert Hall. The traditional Nobel banquet followed.
December 07, 2012
Nobel lectures by Professor Shapley, other new laureates to be webcast
UCLA professor emeritus Lloyd Shapley is scheduled to deliver his Nobel Prize lecture in Stockholm on Saturday at 4 a.m. Pacific Standard Time. Watch all of the Nobel lectures here live.
November 29, 2012
President Obama greets Nobel laureate Lloyd Shapley in the Oval Office
Emeritus professor Lloyd Shapley, UCLA's latest Nobel laureate, visited the White House today with this year's Nobel Prize winners. He was greeted in the Oval Office by President Barack Obama.
November 08, 2012
Faculty experts analyze Election 2012
Nine UCLA faculty members who study politics and policy evaluate what happened in the Nov. 6 election.
November 01, 2012
UCLA takes flight with environmental humanities
Three new faculty hires from Stanford will work within the departments of English and history, and the Institute of the Environment and Sustainability, to focus on the roles that culture — and cultural differences — play in how societies define nature respond to environmental crises.
October 30, 2012
Professor Robert Cousins to speak Nov. 8 about search for elusive Higgs boson
Cousins worked for three years on one of two major experiments searching for mysterious subatomic particle, which scientists hope will unlock the mysteries of the universe.
October 15, 2012
UCLA professor wins Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences
Lloyd S. Shapley, a professor emeritus of economics and mathematics at UCLA, has been awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences. He shares the award with Harvard University economist Alvin E. Roth.
October 10, 2012
Taking up the fight against 'superbugs'
Up to half of all antibiotic use is inappropriate or unnecessary, says Dr. Daniel Uslan, an assistant clinical professor of infectious diseases.



























