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Health insurance provider Anthem Inc. is offering identity repair assistance and credit monitoring services, in response to the recent data breach, to current and former members enrolled in 2004 or later.

Professor Carol Bakhos, director of the UCLA Center for the Study of Religion, will launch her new book with a panel discussion on Thursday, Feb. 19, 12 p.m. at 6275 Bunche Hall.

Troy Ratcliff and Veronica Ochoa were named Medical Assistants of the Year by the UCLA Ambulatory Care nursing team.

UCLA postdoctoral scholar Aomawa Shields of the Department of Physics and Astronomy has been named to the 2015 class of TED fellows.

UC Living Well, the university’s wellness initiative, is here to help UC employees who want to lose weight, exercise more or just generally improve their health.

Marcus Anthony Hunter, assistant professor of sociology and African American studies in the UCLA College, will discuss his book, “Black Citymakers: How The Philadelphia Negro Changed Urban America” on Thursday, Feb. 12 at the Bunche Center.

The UCLA Film and Television Archive concludes its Kenji Mizoguchi series with “The 47 Ronin” on Feb. 15 in the Billy Wilder Theater.

The UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television welcomes a stellar group of international costume designers, among them this year’s Academy Award nominees, to discuss their craft.

Jayathi Y. Murthy, chair and professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Texas, Austin, has been appointed dean of UCLA’s Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science, Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Scott Waugh announced today.

Anthem, Inc. disclosed on Feb. 4 that it was the target of a very sophisticated cyber attack that potentially compromised information about UC students, retirees, employees and their dependents.

Jillian Neuner raised $1,750 for UCLA research in honor of a friend battling Ewing's Sarcoma, one of the rarest forms of pediatric cancer.

UCLA is making available free software to the campus community that downloads in seconds and increases the chance that campus police or other local law enforcement agencies will be able to reunite owners with stolen electronic devices.

Linda McDermott, night shift lead nurse in labor and delivery at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, has spent nearly three decades assisting couples when their 'big day' occurs at night.

'Fragments of Extinction: An Environmental Sound-Art Project on the Acoustic Biodiversity of Rainforests' will be presented on Thursday, Feb. 26, 5:30 p.m. at the California NanoSystems Institute.

Benjamin Nathan will join UCLA Health Sciences as the chief information officer for the David Geffen School of Medicine, effective on May 4.  Nathan will provide the vision and leadership for the administration, research and educational information systems of the medical school.

UCLA Recreation presents its annual "I Heart Walking" Feb. 9 - 12. Walk campus routes with your fellow Bruins and get a free T-shirt. 

As a part of its series on the films of DeMille, the UCLA Film and Television Archive screens “Union Pacific” Feb. 20, 7:30 p.m. at the Billy Wilder Theater.

Join fellow Bruins, family and friends on Sunday, March 8, for the 2nd Annual UCLA True Bruin Move and Groove 5K.

Professor Alicia Gaspar de Alba of the UCLA Cesar E. Chavez Department of Chicana/o Studies will discuss her new book on Jan. 28, 3-5 p.m. in the Chicano Studies Research Center Library, 144 Haines Hall.

Advance tickets are just $2 for UCLA Women’s Basketball's 9th Annual Play 4 Kay Breast Cancer Awareness game versus Arizona State on Friday, Feb 20, 7 p.m., at Pauley Pavilion.

UCLA Musicology will open the floodgates of Bruin faculty and student musical talent Thursday, Jan. 29 with “UCLA Sings!” The free concert launches a two-day conference.

The application period for the next staff advisor-designate to the UC regents is now open. Staff members will have until March 6 to submit an application. The new staff advisor will serve on the Board of Regents from July 2015 through June 2017.

UCLA employees interested in the convenience of sending their children to a school that’s close to campus should sign up.

Yoram Cohen, UCLA professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering, has been named interim director of the Y and S Nazarian Center for Israel Studies in the UCLA International Institute.

Alexander Hoffmann and Douglas Black, UCLA professors of microbiology, immunology and molecular genetics, have been awarded a three-year, $6 million grant from the National Institutes of Health for research on the immune system’s response to pathogens.