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For personnel and payroll specialist Pamela Johnson, helping others comes naturally.

A panel of UCLA experts examine the causes and consequences of the terrorist attacks in Paris and how to deal with ISIS.

Starting this winter, freshmen will have a chance to dive into UCLA’s rich history through a series of Fiat Lux seminars designed to explore various aspects of the institution’s  founding.

The $1.75 million grant will be used to create a toolkit to analyze genomics data, allowing researchers to understand how threatened populations respond to changes in habitats and climate.

Leavitt passed away on Nov. 27 at her home in Los Angeles. She was 76.

Joan Ling is a lecturer at the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs.

All eyes are on Paris as the 2015 UN Climate Conference begins. California is well-represented, with many from the state participating, including five UCLA faculty and seven students.

People often make frighteningly bad decisions, according to the UCLA Anderson School of Management professor.

Researchers at the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research have received a $400,000 grant to find out why individuals who receive both Medi-Cal and Medicare benefits are rejecting the new state-managed health care pilot program.

Hundreds of UCLA Bruins are spreading Thanksgiving happiness by helping international students, veterans and others enjoy the holiday.

Harran was honored for building new chemical compounds that are used to drive scientific research; Black for his study of genetic regulation at the RNA level.

Jack Share, who in the 1970s served as an assistant professor in UCLA’s Special Education Division and the Graduate School of Education, died on Nov. 4 at Kaiser Hospital in Woodland Hills.

The family received Jewish World Watch’s annual Global Soul Award on Nov. 18.

Garg is known for emphasizing the creativity and problem-solving that organic chemistry requires and its relevance in students’ lives.

UCLA Luskin School professor Michael Storper writes about spending almost all night indoors with friends as the attacks occurred nearby and of how grief ensconced his neighborhood in the days after.

Laure Murat, an award-winning author, came to UCLA as a professor of French and Francophone studies after taking a nontraditional route to a Ph.D.

Soja studied and extensively wrote about regional development, planning and governance, and the spatiality of social life in Los Angeles and other cities.

English professor Eric Jager shares lessons learned from his experiences pitching his work to the trade market. Hint: get a good literary agent.

More than 3,700 parents and other family members joined their students for taste of UCLA campus life, Oct. 30-Nov. 1.

Survival rates of some backyard favorites are half of what they used to be.

The entrepreneur, philanthropist and former UCLA dean has made significant contributions to the arts at UCLA.

There is a growing number of UCLA graduates around the world who are revitalizing their UCLA links, thanks to the UCLA Alumni Association’s expanded opportunities and strategic outreach.

With an impressive string of cited amicus briefs and appellate litigation appearances, UCLA Law faculty members are making an impact on important issues.

For almost a year, artist Ann Carlson has been observing and “collecting” the gestures of more than 100 students and employees at work across campus for “The Symphonic Body UCLA.”

Dr. Angelica Zen’s recent honeymoon with her brand new husband, Ryan Miyakawa, will be forever memorialized in snapshots of the happy couple in Bali — and YouTube and TV news videos from all over the world.