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If you’re planning to attend the UCLA All-Staff Picnic on Thursday, Aug. 8, don’t forget to pick up your complimentary ticket, which is required to get your free lunch.

Activists on a panel co-sponsored by UCLA preached the roles of persistence, patience and bipartisan cooperation in getting the FIRST STEP Act through Congress.

Does the physicist’s theory tell the full story? A detailed analysis of a star’s orbit near supermassive black hole gives a look into how gravity behaves.

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The research addresses a longstanding question: Why does the moon have so much less ice than Mercury, despite their similar surface conditions?

When fathers are involved in the care of their children, men and women are more upset about infidelities, according to the UCLA-led cross-cultural research.

Associate dean for information studies Anne Gilliland sees parallels between post-conflict Croatia and Bosnia and efforts to preserve heritage in her native country.

Programs on mindfulness — the practice of using meditation to tap into emotions, thoughts and sensations — also may be beneficial for stress relief.

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The new plan will replace the Health Net Seniority Plus Medicare Advantage HMO beginning in 2020, which is the next plan year.

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The educator, prolific author and blogger provided extensive guidance to policymakers. He died July 21 at the age of 68.

Marcelo Suárez-Orozco has been appointed by Pope Francis to the Executive Committee of the Pontifical Academy of the Social Sciences.

The study opens the door to research that could determine which bacteria need to be “turned down” to limit their negative effects in transplant patients.

Ellen Sletten, assistant professor of chemistry and biochemistry, focuses her research on using fluorinated materials to develop diagnostic and therapeutic technologies.

Mona Jarrahi and Nezih Tolga Yardimci have received an Innovation in Regulatory Science Award for their work with terahertz technology.

Stephanie Jamison has been chosen to be part of the 2019 class for her work in the humanities and social sciences.

Richard Steinberg, UCLA Law professor, has been appointed to a position on the Trade and Environmental Policy Advisory Committee.

Jody Kreiman, professor of head and neck surgery, received the 2019 Service Award from the UCLA Academic Senate.

Miguel García-Garibay, who is also a professor of chemistry and biochemistry, studies molecular motion in crystals and molecular machines.

The two films are part of a celebration of the 10-year anniversary of the American Genre Film Archive.

It’s the “highest-achieving admitted class in UCLA history,” said Youlonda Copeland-Morgan, vice provost for enrollment management.

The funds, from the J. Yang and Family Foundation, will provide scholarships and bolster research and curriculum development.

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