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“Thanks to Iris [Cantor], generations of women have been empowered to take command of their health and inspired to get involved,” said medical school dean Kelsey Martin.

Elihu Abrahams, UCLA distinguished adjunct professor of physics and astronomy, has been honored by the American Physical Society.

UCLA employees will now have a UCPath ID alongside their UCLA ID.

UCLA professor and prize-winning writer took great pride in his immigrant, working class origins.

Caroline Beghein joins the agency’s InSight team, which will study of Mars’ crust, mantle and core using seismic data.

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Research in a related report, however, found that a greater percentage of California adults are walking regularly: 4 in 5 adults regularly walk for transportation, for leisure or both.

The Hammer Museum at UCLA is hosting a conversation in which participants will discuss what L.A. can learn from Mexico City, Tokyo and Shanghai.

As part of True Bruin Welcome, more than 1,000 students gathered to form a giant human number 100 that spanned the length of the intramural field.

The report takes into account things such as quality of teaching and research, knowledge transfer and international outlook.

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The classes, which teach people to be trainers, began as a response to the need for community-level education that helps ensure workers have adequate protections.

Revenue from the deal will help fund events for students during move-in and welcome activities, as well as undergraduate and graduate student leadership initiatives, and campus recreation activities.

California’s economy is expected to continue to grow faster than the U.S. economy, but the report indicates that growth at the state and national levels will be weaker in 2020.

UCLA’s Dr. Kenneth Wells, the David Weil Professor of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, is the recipient of the Rhoda and Bernard Sarnat International Prize.

Brian Benson, director of entrepreneurship and commercialization at Magnify, has been honored with a Life Science Catalyst Award from Biocom.

The grant will be used create a program to help train the next generation of scientific leaders to use “big data” to tackle complex societal problems.

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“Summoning the Ancestors” explores a comprehensive collection of bronzes — 76 bells and 73 ǫfǫ (small objects derived from wooden staffs of power).

Dr. Michael Rodriguez is founding chair of the group that focuses its energies on research, policy and advocacy work, sharing knowledge and promoting policies that encourage political, economic and social equality.

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Mark Kaplan will serve a four-year term on the Board of Scientific Counselors for the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control.

The work and day-to-day activities of UCLA anthropologist Susan Perry and her team are captured on HowtoBeAMonkey.org.

Featured among the 150-plus events: Taylor Mac, Theaster Gates, Fran Lebowitz, Monika Baer, Judy Baca and Juliana Huxtable.

The genetic technique is a step toward a strategy to help people with autism better process visual information.