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Dr. Richard Shemin, chief of cardiac surgery at UCLA, always knew that William Shemin — his cousin twice removed — “was a phenomenal war hero,” although the former World War I sergeant was never given the Medal of Honor. On Tuesday, President Obama changed that.

In “Project Fatherhood,” social welfare professor Jorja Leap writes about the struggles and triumphs of men doing their best to become good fathers and mentors in Watts.

A collection of social media pictures posted by urban planners and acolytes of retiring urban planning professor Donald Shoup posing with a life-size cardboard cutout of the man who wrote the book on parking.

Richard Creese has spent 31 years teaching UCLA students to write. Now the author of eight unpublished novels is the embodiment of the lesson that persistence pays off.

The new vice chancellor, dean and CEO spoke about his new roles and how he wants to make UCLA’s medical enterprise a John Wooden-like dynasty of excellence in health science.

UCLA’s annual United Way campaign, which helps provide housing, education and jobs for the less fortunate, runs May 26-June 5.

Carol Kruse, a UCLA scientist and recognized leader in immunological therapy for brain cancer, passed away on March 28 at her home in Los Angeles. She was 61.

In a message to the UCLA campus community, Chancellor Gene Block announced that Franklin D. Gilliam Jr. will be leaving UCLA and praised him for his leadership in advancing UCLA’s civic engagement.

A new University of California video, ‘Preparing for Retirement,’ guides faculty and staff through the process of retirement.

University of California employees are invited to vote for new representatives on the UC Retirement System (UCRS) Advisory Board May 19-June 17.

Dr. Atilla Uner, a UCLA clinical professor of emergency medicine, served on a U.S. search and rescue team that helped find survivors of the Nepal earthquake.

In his recently released book, UCLA English professor Joseph Bristow delves into Oscar Wilde’s obsession with obscure poet Thomas Chatterton, whom many scholars have long assumed Wilde plagiarized.

Nearly 300 students in the 7th-9th grades in the Los Angeles Unified School District, along with teachers and other adults, have taken ‘Wallace Walks’ through UCLA’s Mildred E. Mathias Botanical Garden this year.

Jayathi Murthy will serve as the next dean of the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science, starting in January 2016.

UCLA’s annual bike week is in full swing, offering regular cyclists and the bike-curious three “pit stops” from 8:30-10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.

Chris Burden, renowned conceptual artist and a professor emeritus in the UCLA Department of Art, died of cancer on May 10 at his home in Topanga Canyon. He was 69.

In his recently published book, Aron reveals how Manifest Destiny influenced the Nazis and talks about how modern scholarship of the West now encompasses the area’s demographic diversity.

For UCLA’s spring Faculty Research Lecture, Kristal, the chair of UCLA’s comparative literature department and a professor of Spanish, will share his life-long love of the Argentine author Jorge Louis Borges.

When the Griffith Park mountain lion crawls under someone’s house, or a brother and sister cross a freeway, Seth Riley is at the top of the list of scientists who can give the inside details.

University of California Human Resources is launching its annual medical plan satisfaction survey on Monday, May 4.

UCLA filmmaker William McDonald of the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television and Pamela Beere Briggs discuss their latest documentary, 'Something Like a Sabbatical.'

To express their gratitude for their help, Jim Weingarten and his family decided to call in a shaved-ice truck to give staffers from the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center a cool treat Wednesday.

Shannon O’Kelley has been named the interim vice president of UCLA Health for Hospital Systems. He is also the Chief Operating Officer for the UCLA Hospital System.

Three UCLA professors were elected today to the prestigious National Academy of Sciences in recognition of their “distinguished and continuing achievements in original research.”

UCLA has been recognized in three categories of the 2015 Energy Efficiency and Sustainability Best Practice Awards Competition from the California Higher Education Sustainability Conference.