campus events

The annual awards, which are given to a diverse array of projects, foster the advancement of the arts and arts-related scholarship.

The Centennial edition of the annual event will be held on Wilson Plaza, and it will feature a 35-foot Ferris wheel, food trucks and games.

Units across UCLA will host events on global issues, international careers and opportunities for current students, like studying abroad.

The UCLA Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics will host a workshop on the many implications of doctored content, Nov. 15-16.

Ceremonies on Wilson Plaza provide the university community an opportunity to recognize their sacrifices.

Nov. 8 event will also feature a resource fair showcasing all the services offered to military veterans.

A who’s who of computer scientists, engineers, technologists, activists and thinkers gathered at UCLA to celebrate the internet’s 50th birthday.

Nearly 3,000 parents, families and caretakers are expected for the 20th annual Bruin Family Weekend, which will be held Oct. 25–27.

The Nickoll Family Professor of History will deliver the 127th Faculty Research Lecture at UCLA on Oct. 30.

Smith will receive the campus’s highest honor on Nov. 8 during a ceremony and concert at the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music.

If skies are clear, viewers will be able to see the moon — approximately 240,000 miles from Earth — and its many craters in great detail.

The calendar includes more than a dozen performances by world-class student ensembles and special guest artists, as well as masterclasses and symposia.

Highlights include Bertolt Brecht’s “The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui,” the opera “Juana” — a collaboration with UCLA Opera and UCLA Philharmonia — and the rock musical Hair.

The event is being held exactly a half century after a team led by UCLA professor Leonard Kleinrock sent the first message over the Arpanet — the precursor to today’s internet.

Featured among the 200-plus events: Lari Pittman, Lucinda Childs, Wendy Whelan and Ain Gordon.

While pediatric patients oohed and aahed, Batman, Captain America, the Hulk, Spider-Man and Wonder Woman appeared outside the windows to brighten their days.

The second season of “Earth Focus” recently launched and will screen May 23 on campus.

UCLA’s yearlong centennial celebration launches with “Lighting the Way,” a light-and-sound show on Royce Hall.

The centennial year kicks off with panels, tours, a conversation with three chancellors and a special edition of TEDxUCLA.

Alumni Day, TedxUCLA and a projection show on Royce Hall will kick off UCLA's 100th birthday year on May 18.

The center will hold a celebration May 23 to highlight the power of music in the promotion of health.

UCLA Luskin Lecture brings together political forces who forged a path for the next generation of leaders.

With 61 performances and eight special events, the calendar will feature one U.S. and two West Coast premieres.

The first mother in space and the creator of some of prime-time television’s most memorable shows are among the people who will speak.

“She is an example to all Bruins that one can truly reach beyond the stars,” said Senior Dean Patricia Turner.