campus events

“Encountering Ancient Colombia — A Journey through the Magdalena Valley” seeks to question our knowledge of the ancient objects on view and to illustrate the world of precolonial Colombia.

The season will include performances of “Lainie’s Cabaret at UCLA: Celebrating Frank Sinatra … 100 Years,” “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” and Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “Carousel.”

A former White House chef, the host of a popular food-focused radio show and a Slow Food Los Angeles leader are gathering at UCLA on Oct. 21 for a free Food Day program that will emphasize the impact of edible food waste.

On Oct. 12 the former computer engineering student will be honored by the UCLA Venture Capital Fund and privately mentor current students and young alumni about entrepreneurship.

UCLA presents the acclaimed 2014 romantic drama written and directed by UCLA alumna Gina Prince-Bythewood.

Christine Simmons, chief operating officer of the Los Angeles Sparks basketball team, welcomed new African-American students to UCLA at the 10th annual Black Convocation and urged them to tap into opportunities afforded by their enrollment and serve interests beyond their own.

The exhibition reveals how masks have influenced 21st century African and African-American artists.

UCLA Library and the Sustainable L.A. Grand Challenge will host an Sustainable LA/Data Cosmopolis: When Urban Meets Data.

Make no mistake: Special Olympics athletes came to UCLA to win, but they left with so much more.

Nobel laureate and Pulitzer Prize winner Toni Morrison is scheduled to be awarded the UCLA Medal — the campus’s highest honor.

The new Fit Zone schedule is out for the fall quarter, and faculty and staff can register for these free fitness classes and programs.

Hammer Museum introduces autumn with back-to-back live performances by local, national and international sound artists, music collectives, art bands and visual artists whose practices extend to the production of sound.

Breyer joined School of Law Dean Jennifer Mnookin in a discussion about the law, the Supreme Court and also his new book “The Court and The World: American Law and the New Global Realities.”

The much-debated nuclear agreement with Iran is now a fact and should be given a chance to work, a panel of experts from UCLA and the RAND Corporation said during a discussion that drew a packed crowd to a lecture hall in Bunche Hall recently.

For the last decade, UCLA Parent and Family Programs has been offering programs and events, support and resources, and volunteer opportunities. Parent volunteers are especially needed at move-in.

The fall quarter officially kicks off on Sept. 21, and classes begin Sept 24.

UCLA Burkle Center for International Relations, UCLA Center for Near Eastern Studies and UCLA Center for Middle East Development present a panel discussion surrounding the Iran nuclear deal 12 p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 16, at UCLA’s Bunche Hall.

As part of the Hammer Museum’s Forum, Sen. Bob Graham, co-chair of the joint Congressional inquiry into the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, will address part of the Sept. 11 report that remains classified.

Window washers dressed as Batman, Captain America, Spider-Man, the Hulk and Wonder Woman entertained and posed for photos with young patients and their families at the third annual Superhero Day at Mattel Children's Hospital UCLA.

Thousands of UCLA staff members got 'thanks!' from campus leaders at the 11th annual All-Staff Picnic.

The 2015 Special Olympics World Games brought athletes and their families from around the world to UCLA. Some of our favorite moments.

In the 47 years since Johnson helped found the games, the most important change has been in attitudes toward people with intellectual disabilities.

Camp Leg Power combines creative therapeutic activities in a fun camp atmosphere with a pilot study to see if changes in the brain can be identified in children with spastic cerebral palsy.

Here are just some of the ways the UCLA community has been part of Special Olympics since the beginning.

Traffic throughout Westwood Village will be impacted from 2:15-3:15 p.m. on Thursday, July 23, when the Special Olympics World Games — which take place July 25-Aug. 2 — officially begin with a torch run along Westwood Boulevard.