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UCLA is tied for sixth in the number of honorees. In all, 178 scholars, artists and scientists from the U.S. and Canada received awards.

Highlights of the event scheduled for April 20 include a panel with Arianna Huffington and Chancellor Gene Block, performances by UCLA musical groups, and awards for students, faculty, staff and administrators.

Johanna Drucker is the Martin and Bernard Breslauer Professor of Bibliography in the department of information studies.

The Rev. James Lawson Jr., one of the most important social justice leaders of our time, and Kent Wong, director of the UCLA Labor Center, will be discussing their new book at the Hammer Museum.

The UC regents today approved a new retirement program for future UC employees as part of a broader effort to maintain the university’s excellence and sustain its long-term financial health.

UCLA law professor Asli Bâli has spent years in private practice in New York and Paris, represented 9/11 victims as well as immigrant Muslim men detained in the aftermath and written extensively on international human rights.

Don Nakanishi, a UCLA scholar who gained national recognition for establishing Asian American studies as a viable and relevant field of scholarship, teaching, community service and public discourse, died March 21. He was 66.

As part of the United Nations World Water Day on March 22, UCLA will take part in Tuesday’s White House Water Summit that aims to raise awareness of water challenges in the United States.

UCLA encourages sustainable transportation with a number of programs, and incentives, including providing subsidized transit passes, vanpool subsidies and bicycling infrastructure.

At-risk faculty, staff and students will be invited to participate in a program found effective in preventing type 2 diabetes.

A professor of urban planning and Chicana and Chicano studies, Valenzuela has played a leading role in elucidating the phenomenon of day labor.

A member of the UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability, Hoek did an 'In the Green Room' interview with Zócalo Public Square.

Shapley, widely considered a father of game theory, was professor emeritus of economics and mathematics and shared the 2012 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences.

Professor Roshan Bastani of the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health is the director of the UCLA Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Equity and the UCLA Center for Prevention Research.

With Daylight Saving Time coming up this weekend, Dr. Alon Avidan, director of the UCLA Sleep Disorders Center, has some suggestions for staff and faculty on the best ways to adjust to the time change.

The public health researcher and educator has educated two generations of Asian health leaders who are altering the path of the HIV/AIDS epidemic.

Cuff took part in a Zócalo Public Square 'In the Green Room' interview before joining a panel discussion on gentrification in Los Angeles.

An avid runner, Lee is race director of the popular UCLA True Bruin Move and Groove 5K on Sunday, March 6.

UCLA Library staffers help make instructors aware of potential classroom resources that are free or low-cost alternatives.

Bryonn Bain, a new professor of African-American Studies at UCLA, draws on his experiences with racial profiling along with his Harvard law degree to shape his art and to advocate for justice reform.

Kevan Harris, a comparative historical sociologist and expert on modern Iran, is bringing fresh perspectives shaped by his discipline to UCLA.

Dr. Daniel Geschwind has been appointed senior associate dean and associate vice chancellor of precision medicine in the UCLA Health System and David Geffen School of Medicine, beginning March 1.

Yaroslavsky serves as executive director of the new Los Angeles Initiative, a base for his teaching assignments and policy research.

Three outstanding young professors from UCLA are among 126 scientists and scholars to receive the prestigious honor from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.

Hecht is part of a group of 50 scholars and scientists addressing the UC Carbon Neutrality Initiative that pledges to make all 10 campuses carbon neutral by 2025.