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The Higher Education Research Institute (HERI) at UCLA has been chosen to receive the 2016 Special Merit Award from the Association for the Study of Higher Education.

A UCLA alumna and staff member for 28 years, Loh died on Nov. 5. She was 58.

Bill Zaima, UCLA's first women's tennis coach who served the team in different roles for 40 years, died Thursday, Nov. 17, in Los Angeles due to illness. He was 69.

Donald Findley, who transformed a financially ailing student organization, ASUCLA, into a thriving enterprise at UCLA , with his business acumen and vision for the campus, died Sunday, Nov. 13.

Running 13.1 miles may seem like a daunting task to many people. But for heart transplant recipient Tony Flores, it was pure joy to finish the Revel Canyon City Half Marathon in Azusa on Nov. 12.

Parker, UCLA deputy university librarian, in a Green Room interview Zócalo Public Square.

Learn from experts on geographic information systems (GIS) and take part in a 'Mapathon' at UCLA's Charles Young Research Library.

Kimberly “Kim” Dawn Irwin, a media relations representative at UCLA's medical enterprise and former newspaper reporter, died Oct. 7 following a brief illness. She was 55.

Linda Sarna, an internationally recognized scholar in promoting the role of nursing in tobacco control and oncology research focused on patients with lung cancer, has been appointed dean of the UCLA School of Nursing.  

A wellness specialist in integrative nutrition, Katzin works with cancer patients at the Simms/Mann UCLA Center for Integrative Oncology.

The UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television's Department of Theater has announced its upcoming Mainstage theater season for the academic year 2016-17, which includes "Carrie the Musical," an adaptation of the popular Stephen King novel "Carrie."

Seshan previously served as the executive director of continuing education programs at Bellevue College in Washington.

Open enrollment is coming soon — Thursday, Oct. 27, 8 a.m. to Tuesday, Nov. 22, 5 p.m. — with some significant changes and new options for you and your eligible family members.

Marjorie Kagawa Singer is the 2016-17 interim director of the Asian American Studies Center. Her appointment, announced Oct. 24, took effect immediately.

The UCLA Health training director discusses his new book as a guest of UCLA Administrative Management Group.

For his remarkable body of work, Gerry Laviña has been named the 2016 Social Worker of the Year by the California chapter of the National Association of Social Workers.

In recognition of National Cyber Security Awareness Month in October, UCLA and UC are offering a variety of resources to help students, faculty and staff better understand cyber risk and stay safer and more secure online.

UCLA deputy librarian Susan Parker joins the discussion at a Zócalo/WeHo Reads event in West Hollywood.

UCLA Staff Assembly seeks self-nominations by Sept. 30 for the Student Conduct Committee and the UCLA Committee on Disability.

The UCLA chapter of the Society for Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science will be recognized with two awards from the largest multicultural and multidisciplinary STEM diversity organization in the nation.

The University of California is changing its voluntary disability insurance options to give all eligible employees — those currently covered and those not enrolled — new options for protecting their finances.

Sylvia Cesaro, who manages events and visitor services for the Fowler Museum, will connect young Bruins at a beach cleanup with people whose passion for ocean conservation runs deep.

Todd Hughes will lead the nation’s largest state health survey at the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research.

Diverse works by art department support staff who also maintain their own art practices are on display at the New Wight Gallery at UCLA's Broad Art Center.

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