'Everything the senate does, every decision we make, has the goal of achieving excellence at UCLA,' says Susan Cochran, chair of the UCLA Academic Senate.

The programs in the works include a legal clinic; a center to help with or prevent homelessness, substance abuse, and mental illness; a revived Veteran’s Garden; and a family resource center.

UCLA and the Los Angeles LGBT Center have developed a risk calculator that could help men who have sex with men decide whether to take pre-exposure prophylaxis.

Thirteen randomly selected staff members will join Chancellor Gene Block for breakfast and an informal discussion Monday, Jan.23.

Fisch spent the past two seasons as the University of Michigan’s passing game coordinator and quarterbacks/wide receivers coach.

UCLA alumnae Funmilola Fagbamila and Lisa Hasegawa are both veteran community organizers who will work with students and faculty.

The Architect’s Newspaper has awarded Steven Christensen, a lecturer in architecture and urban design in the UCLA School of the Arts and Architecture, its 2016 Young Architects Award. 

Her appointment was announced by UCLA Dean of Humanities David Schaberg on Dec. 14.

Chancellor Gene Block met with U.S. Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert McDonald to observe ongoing revitalization efforts at the West L.A. VA campus.

A new book by George Dutton, an associate professor of Asian languages and culture and director of the Center for Southeast Asian Studies, explores the life of Vietnamese Catholic priest Philiphê Binh.

The sale of five special navy blue, U.S. flag-inspired, stars-and-stripes-decorated helmets issued for the Bruins' Nov. 12 victory over Oregon State grossed $12,275 to be donated to help provide subsidized housing for veterans and their families.

Ava DuVernay’s stirring documentary takes its title from the 13th Amendment, which abolished slavery yet included a clause that laid the foundation for the long history of racial inequality in America’s prison industrial complex.

As Donald Trump begins his presidency, UCLA political scientist Lynn Vavreck joins other scholars in dissecting the contentious 2016 presidential election.

On the final weekend of her Hammer Project exhibition, Simone Leigh is joined by Rizvana Bradley, assistant professor of film and media studies and African-American studies at Yale, for an improvisational exchange about black radical political, literary and artistic traditions.

Appleby, an emerita professor of history, was a nationally renowned historian who wrote prolifically about America’s founding fathers.

The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to consider whether North Carolina lawmakers can prevent sexual predators from using prominent social media sites in a case where Eugene Volokh and his students filed an amicus brief in support of certiorari.

Department of Art professor Catherine Opie received Smithsonian's 2016 Archives of American Art Medal, which honors the unique contributions of significant artists, collectors, dealers, historians and philanthropists in the American art world.

UCLA Health faculty’s resolutions are as diverse as the experts themselves.

UCLA professor Michael Cooperson of Near Eastern languages and cultures has won the Sheikh Hamad Award for Translation for his Arabic-to-English translation of the “Virtues of the Imām Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal " by Ibn al-Jawzī.

UCLA mathematicians ‘cheat physics’ to produce stunning visual effects.

DNA collected from tip of the base of the feathers enable the scientists to create fine-scale maps tracing the migration of species of birds so they can better focus conservation efforts.

The campus that never sleeps.

From glass-topped tables to maximum use of natural light, the UCLA Meyer and Renee Luskin Conference Center leads the way in sustainability.

Here’s a glimpse into what it’s like being a top Bruin athlete, on the court, in the locker room, in the classroom and at home.

ABC’s new head of entertainment is determined to win with a diverse lineup of TV shows that reflect what America really looks like.