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More than 4,000 parents of UCLA undergraduates — many of them the newest Bruins on campus — spent a fun-filled weekend with their children, experiencing the best of UCLA.

The UCLA Administrative Management Group invites UCLA professional staff to expand their networks and gain professional development skills.

Kelly Schmader, UCLA assistant vice chancellor for facilities management, served 28 years as an officer in the U.S. Navy Civil Engineer Corps.

Young patients at Mattel Children's Hospital UCLA dressed up in Halloween costumes and went trick-or-treating through the hospital's hallways today (Oct. 31).

UCLA officials went downtown on Wednesday to recognize campus programs that serve communities throughout Los Angeles County and, together with volunteer ambassadors, met with local officials to discuss UCLA's public service efforts in each of their respective districts.

The app was developed to better serve magazine readers in the digital age and bring them the very best of UCLA arts, athletics, entertainment and discovery.

If you’re enrolled in UC’s Supplemental Disability plan and have a 7-day or 30-day waiting period, you’ll be paying a higher premium in 2015. But you can lessen the impact of rising rates by selecting a longer waiting period.

UC Human Resources is making available four new videos in English and Spanish to help you understand the basics about your medical benefits.

Bruce Whiteman, librarian emeritus of UCLA’s William Andrews Clark Memorial Library and a Canadian poet and writer, returns to the Clark to read from his work on Tuesday, Nov. 18, 4 p.m.

UCLA Campus Human Resources is presenting Open Enrollment information sessions for faculty and staff, Nov. 3-21.

Rejeana Mathis, 2014-25 president of UCLA Staff Assembly, has led hundreds of staff and faculty in dozens of classes, workshops and retreats in her role as a management development coordinator with Campus Human Resources.

Lynn Vavreck, UCLA professor of political science and communication studies, speaks on “The Midterm Elections: Turnout, Undecided Voters, and those Ads you Love to Hate" on Thursday, Oct. 23, 3 - 4:30 p.m. at UCLA's Young Research Library, Conference Room 11360.

UCLA students, faculty and staff rolled away with 120 free bicycles and a wide assortment of build-your-own-bike parts on Bike (Re)Cycling Day,  Sunday, Oct. 19.

Stability is the watchword for this fall’s Open Enrollment. All of the current medical plans will be available in 2015, with a few benefits enhancements and no major changes.

Schoenberg Hall, 5:30 - 8 p.m. I Learn America: Screening & Discussion Featuring Filmmaker Jean-Michel Dissard Join us for a screening of I Learn America: One High School, One School Year, Five New Americans. The film follows five immigrant teenagers ...

Results of a recent survey of UC faculty, staff and retirees at all locations in the system indicated a high degree of satisfaction with employee medical plans.

uHearingTest, which lets people self-administer hearing tests, won an award in the Code for the Mission contest, which aimed to translate UCLA researchers’ expertise into public benefit.

Demonstrations, film screenings, lectures and a special dinner are on the menu for campus consumers Oct. 22 - 24 as UCLA joins thousands of other organizations nationwide, including several UC campuses, to celebrate Food Day.

UCLA presents "Crisis in Ukraine: Assessing Recent Developments," an inter-departmental event on Oct. 20 from 3-5 p.m at the UCLA Law School.

UCLA's 7th annual “Dribble for the Cure” on Oct. 26 will see participants dribbling basketballs in a race across campus to support pediatric cancer research and treatment.

U.S. Department of State foreign service officer Michelle G. Los Banos will serve as diplomat in residence at the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs.

UCLA's Confucius Institute will present the second China Oncreen Biennial from Oct. 17 to Nov. 14 at the UCLA Film and Television Archive's Billy Wilder Theater and other L.A. venues.

UCLA campus leaders are invited to participate in the 2014-15 Management Seminar Series, “Transformational Leadership: The Art of Influence.”

Join UCLA history professor William Worger at the Fowler Museum on Thursday Oct. 16 at 12 p.m., for a discussion of post-apartheid South Africa.

Harriet Kerr is the director of prevention and community education at UCLA's Rape Treatment Center. She has been helping children and adults cope with the trauma of sexual assault for more than 20 years.