Why are humans driven to categorize the world? Science writer James Gleick and UCSD cognitive scientist Lera Boroditsky in discussion at UCLA Hammer Museum.
The UCLA associate professor of history and African American studies also appears on Feb. 17 in an episode of 'Unsung,' the TV One music biography series.
William David Schaefer, an emeritus professor of English at UCLA who served as executive vice chancellor from 1978 to 1987 under Chancellor Charles Young, died Jan. 12 in Los Angeles after a long illness at age 87. While Schaefer was executive vice ...
Raghu Meka, an assistant professor of computer science at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science, has received a CAREER Award from the National Science Foundation.
Jane Margolis, senior researcher at UCLA’s Center X, has been named one of nine “White House Champions of Change for Computer Science Education” for her work in computer science education for women and students of color.
The UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information Studies program would help reconcile a national shortage of specialists in museums, libraries, archives and special collections.
Adriana Galván will receive the American Psychological Association Award for Distinguished Scientific Contribution, which honors psychologists who have made distinguished theoretical or empirical contributions to basic research in psychology.
The Alan B. Slifka Foundation has awarded a grant to Noah Federman, member of the UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center and associate professor of pediatric hematology/oncology.
UCLA staff and faculty who are military members or veterans can now receive same-day, free and confidential counseling services at the UCLA Staff and Faculty Counseling Center.
University of Florida, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Rhodes University of South Africa will share editorial oversight, financial support.
Seana Shiffrin, professor of philosophy and Pete Kameron Professor of Law and Social Justice, will be honored with the 2016 Rutter Award for Excellence in Teaching, given annually to a professor who has made an outstanding commitment to teaching.