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The annual event will be held Nov. 16 to 20, featuring a global trivia contest and Conversation Café.

As we go into the weekend following a week of late nights monitoring election results while in a pandemic, here are some resources for self-care.

The completely voluntary CA COVID Notify program uses smartphone technology to help prevent the spread of the virus.

Following the defeat of Prop. 16, UCLA Chancellor Gene Block and Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Emily Carter reinforced a message from UC President Michael Drake.

UCLA’s Office of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion compiled a robust list of resources spanning everything from where to vote to available mental health services.

The longtime pediatric dentist, community volunteer and UCLA instructor has spent a half-century preparing budding dentists for the profession.

Brown, a UCLA alumna and member of UCLA’s Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, died Oct. 4 at her home in Los Angeles.

The protocols are informed by L.A. County Department of Public Health requirements and recommendations from UCLA’s COVID-19 Response and Recovery Task Force.

Campus will be home to three Los Angeles County Vote Centers, with the first at the Hammer Museum opening Oct. 24, and home to one vote-by-mail drop box.

Voter suppression measures tend to disproportionately affect communities of color. Professors urge members of the public to take action.

A pioneer in cancer immunology, Dr. Antoni Ribas has devoted his career to developing and refining new therapies for malignant melanoma.

UCLA anthropology professor Jason De León is raising awareness about the stories of the people who migrate across the Sonoran Desert between Mexico and the U.S.

UCLA’s Laura Gómez, a renowned scholar of race and ethnicity, provides essential context for today’s politics in “Inventing Latinos: A New Story of American Racism.”

UCLA’s Semel Healthy Campus Initiative teamed up with chef Bill Yosses and the LAUSD to create an appetizing virtual summer school course.

Hundreds of Bruins answered the call to serve for the 12th annual day of service, which pivoted from in-person tasks to primarily online events and projects.

In this Q&A, he shares his priorities, his advice for new students and his thoughts on how this moment could change UCLA and all of higher education.

Courts in Texas and Pennsylvania sided with arguments made in reports prepared by members of the project.

The director of the Keck Observatory writes about how the UCLA astrophysicist overcame the doubters en route to her Nobel Prize.

Librarians and staff will share their expertise at events designed to help students, faculty and others flourish in their work and advance knowledge. 

The name “UCLA César E. Chávez Department of Chicana and Chicano and Central American Studies” was approved for the 2019-20 academic year.

Thrower, professor emeritus of geography at UCLA and a passionate world traveler, died Sept. 2 at his home in Pacific Palisades.

Ghez, who received the prize for her research into black holes, is the eighth UCLA faculty member to be named a Nobel laureate.

Discussions about the status of winter quarter instruction are underway and information will be shared as soon as it is available.

A new update from campus leadership outlines the progress that has been made and highlights several new initiatives.

This year’s adapted day of service includes eight different kinds of activities, and volunteers can join in as many as they have time for.