campus events

In an exhibition opening May 3, hair adornments and a contemporary film address changing ideas of beauty and identity in Africa.

Myhrvold founded Intellectual Ventures in 2000 after retiring from his position as Microsoft’s chief strategist and chief technology officer. He earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees at UCLA in 1979.

UCLA students once again deliver big time at the 14th annual student-run Dance Marathon.

Attend lectures, see a ‘green chef’ competition or appreciate art in celebration of Earth Day.

Spring Sing, an annual showcase for talented students, features a top-tier selection of performers who compete for top honors. This year's event will be held May 16 at Pauley Pavilion.

More than 200 university undergraduate students will compete April 24-26 at UCLA’s 2015 DataFest competition.

Some 1,000 cyclists will raise funds for the UCLA Blood and Platelet Center while enjoying a fresh-air tour of West Los Angeles on April 26 during the 18th annual City of Angels Fun Ride, which will start at UCLA.

In Grad Slam, UCLA graduate students ditch the jargon of their disciplines to see who can come up with the best mini-presentation in plain English.

Nearly 13,500 campus guests, including 4,457 admitted freshmen, came to UCLA Saturday to learn about the world-class academic opportunities and campus lifestyle that make the Westwood campus the best place to start their college career in fall 2015.

One of the new meteorites, found in Namibia and weighing in at 811 pounds, is now the largest meteorite in Los Angeles.

India Carney, a senior at UCLA and a singer at major campus events, was selected as one of 20 finalists vying to win the eighth season of NBC’s “The Voice.”

“Making Strange: Gagawaka + Postmortem by Vivan Sundaram” and “The Sahmat Collective: Art and Activism in India since 1989” both open April 19.

UCLA Arts’ spring calendar of more than 150 public events offers the public the chance to experience a wide diversity of creative programming.

Upcoming exhibition will showcase photographs documenting monumental art environments created by artists who find inspiration in their surroundings.

Siva Rajananda, a second-year student from Malaysia, will compete in a campus race this weekend.

Influential political, business leaders and academics will gather on March 6 to discuss the region’s economic and social prospects as well as market growth.

While Americans are living longer and remaining relatively healthy, they are decidedly not interested in spending their golden years in assisted living or skilled nursing homes, a panel of experts unanimously agreed at a recent UCLA Anderson conference.

Astronaut and three-time UCLA alumna Anna Lee Fisher addressed a roomful of students Monday at a UCLA Careers in Chemistry and Biochemistry to talk about her career and the lessons she learned while she attended UCLA.

Hilal Elver, the newly appointed United Nations special rapporteur on the right to food, will participate in two UCLA School of Law events.

Join Sean Metzger for a book talk at the Charles E. Young Research Library on Feb. 26 when he will focus on three iconic items of Chinese fashion: the queue, the quipao and the Mao suit.  

The UCLA Law School in conjunction with the Healthy Campus Initiative and many student groups will present "From Healing to Action: Advancing Policing Equality" on Feb. 23 at 6 p.m. in the UCLA School of Law, room 1347.

UCLA’s Graduate Division and Graduate Student Association are teaming up to create UCLA’s first Grad Slam, a combination training ground and competition to determine who best can deliver an engaging, three-minute research presentation that anyone can comprehend.

More than 800 people gathered in Royce Hall to applaud the courage of 16 civil rights activists — all UCLA alumni — who challenged segregation in the South in 1961 as Freedom Riders.

Voters in Los Angeles City Council District 14 will be able to attend two candidate forums sponsored by UCLA Government and Community Relations to hear from those running for a seat on the city council.

District Attorney Jackie Lacey will speak on the Criminal Justice Mental Health Project for the third annual Winston C. Doby Distinguished Lecture.