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Funds will support the Excellence in Pedagogy and Innovative Classrooms project, or EPIC, which will examine students’ changing learning styles and train faculty and graduate students in effective teaching methods.

The program received the survey’s top marks in faculty credentials and training, student services and technology, and admissions selectivity.

The campus continued to attract large numbers of California applicants who would be the first in their family to graduate from a four-year college and students from low-income families.

Johnese Spisso, a nationally recognized academic health care leader, will oversee all operations of UCLA’s hospitals and clinics as well as the health system’s regional outreach strategy, effective Feb. 8.

UCLA today released this statement in response to an announcement by the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

UCLA Chancellor Gene Block and Vice Provost for International Studies and Global Engagement Cindy Fan led a campus delegation to Asia earlier this month for three forums that brought together alumni and supporters with local leaders.

UCLA Newsroom revisits some of our favorite news items from the year. Publishing resumes on Jan. 4.

The closure, designed to save energy and money, runs until Friday, Jan. 1. Winter quarter starts Monday, Jan. 4.

The campus also ranked among the top public universities based on the salaries of graduates who received financial aid.

Special Olympics World Games executives on Nov. 30 presented UCLA Chancellor Gene Block with a commemorative torch to thank the campus for hosting athletes and events last summer.

Beck, a longtime city and university administrator, will oversee buildings and grounds, student housing and dining facilities, public safety and a broad range of other support services and operations.

Chancellor Gene Block explains that the new secondary school will complement and extend UCLA’s long-standing efforts to improve public education locally and across the nation.

Landmark gift will support facility renovations, faculty and curriculum development, and a financial aid program for low- and middle-income families.

The campus has assumed a 99-year lease with the Hammer Museum, under which the museum will continue to occupy the museum building and expand into the full first five floors of the office tower.

We are concerned about these allegations and earnestly working to gather information. In the meantime, both Greek organizations allegedly involved have been placed on immediate interim suspension.

UCLA and the Caldwells have issued the following joint statement.

UCLA placed No. 16 in the world and No. 11 in the U.S. The report analyzes 800 universities, taking into account quality of teaching and research, knowledge transfer and international outlook.

One suspect is a UCLA student. Andrea DelVesco, 21, was found dead after a fire in a Westwood apartment last week.

Scholars will cut across traditional boundaries to study migration in a world increasingly defined by the global movement of people.

Dr. Gary Mathern, an expert in complicated seizure disorders, was selected as the chair holder. His accomplishments have built upon the work of his mentor, Dr. Paul Crandall.

The College Access Index is based on the share of students who receive Pell Grants, graduation rates and the amount low- and middle-income students pay to attend.

To meet the needs of students with dietary restrictions based on their religious faiths, Covel Commons will offer kosher and halal items.

The feature recently unveiled by the White House reflects the broad value of UCLA and other University of California campuses and the education they provide.

UCLA is No. 2 among the nation’s public universities and No. 23 overall in the 2016 U.S. News and World Report “Best Colleges Rankings,” and was named the best public university for veterans.

Dr. Kelsey Martin, a senior administrator and longtime faculty member who specializes in understanding how the brain stores memories, has been named interim dean of the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, campus officials said today.