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E. Tendayi Achiume serves as the United Nations’ Special Rapporteur on Contemporary Forms of Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance.

“The Passion of Yeshua,” by Richard Danielpour, will be performed for free on Dec. 9 in Royce Hall.

A new report identifies researchers in 21 fields whose work was most often referenced by other papers from 2006 to 2016.

They are among 416 members so honored by the association for their scientifically or socially distinguished efforts to advance science or its applications.

Christine Samuel-Nakamura and Mary Rezk-Hanna both earned their doctorates at the UCLA School of Nursing.

UCLA’s Carole Goldberg ‘has singlehandedly created an army of well-trained lawyers, judges and academics.’

Analysis of the 2016 election by Lynn Vavreck and co-authors John Sides and Michael Tesler dispels some myths about the contest.

Hans Block and Moritz Riesewieck featured Sarah T. Roberts in “The Cleaners” — their movie about the anonymous people who screen objectionable content on social media.

Vogel has been named the school’s inaugural Hearst Theater Lab Initiative Distinguished Visiting Playwright-in-Residence.

Units across campus will host events on global issues, international careers and study abroad.

In this Q&A, Dan Froot extolls the virtues of interdisciplinary scholarship and the importance of art as a tool for justice.

His life and 40-year career at UCLA were marked from the beginning by civic engagement, leadership and giving back.

Bernard Kester, UCLA professor emeritus of design media arts who taught ceramics, weaving and design and initiated the university’s fiber art program, died Oct. 26. He was 90.

UCLA psychology professor Alan Castel explains the psychology of successful aging in his new book, ‘Better with Age.’

Recipients of the Distinguished Teaching Awards were honored by the Academic Senate at the Andrea L. Rich Night to Honor Teaching awards ceremony.

John McNeil, WWII veteran, reflects on his six decades at UCLA and looks forward to its Centennial.

Among his many accomplishments, the biostatistics professor earned worldwide recognition for predicting the magnitude of the HIV/AIDS epidemic beginning in the mid-1980s.

Open Enrollment begins at 8 a.m., Thursday, Oct. 25 and ends at 5 p.m., Tuesday, Nov. 20.

Weizhe Hong studies how animals exhibit a broad range of complex social interaction that are crucial to their survival and well-being.

UCLA’s MarySue Heilemann, who was a delegate to the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women, says the experience will influence her teaching and scholarship.

A pioneer in her field, Dr. Linda Liau is only the second woman in the nation — and the first Asian-American woman — to chair an academic department of neurosurgery.

Effective Jan. 1, 2019, the University of California will offer access to benefits based on the same eligibility criteria for all domestic partners.

Neuroscientist Jack Feldman will explain the importance of the connections between breathing and the brain as he delivers UCLA’s 125th Faculty Research Lecture.

Goeman will be key to helping UCLA adopt standards and strategies appropriate for Native tribal and Indigenous community engagement.

Pamela Hieronymi served as a consultant to Michael Schur, creator of the hit NBC sitcom, sharing insights into moral and ethical belief systems.