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By acquiring the Marymount California University campus UCLA extends its teaching, learning and housing capacity.

As thousands of students return to Westwood, campus comes alive with new buildings and hundreds of activities.

Forni comes to the Fowler after an accomplished tenure at the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto, Canada.

Campus excellence is also rooted in efforts that go beyond the rankings, including being the only campus in the UC system to guarantee housing to all undergraduates.

The gift is the latest from the esteemed scholars, whose philanthropy has supported programs and initiatives across campus for decades.

The funds from alumni Ann Daly and John Gustafson will help expand student resources, access and success.

Armenian language scholar Hagop Kouloujian has been appointed to the position for a five-year term.

The longtime campus leader will become UCLA’s chief academic officer effective Sept. 1, 2022.

These scholars will build on the excellent work of outgoing special advisor Professor Mishuana Goeman.

The move was made to best support student-athletes as intercollegiate athletics continue to evolve.

Alumni Ralph and Shirley Shapiro have now funded more than 20 endowed chairs across campus.

The donation of 40 historical texts from Paul Chrzanowski further bolsters an already remarkable collection of early English texts.

For the first time since the pandemic, campus hosted full-scale, in-person commencements at Pauley Pavilion with alumna Katelyn Ohashi delivering the keynote address.

The appointment of Gonzalez, an expert on educational equity and student success, comes as the campus’s HSI task force releases its final report.

Get the latest on COVID-19 precautions, traveling to campus and other guidance designed to keep celebrations healthy, safe and enjoyable. 

Under the open access deal, the UCLA Library will help authors cover the cost of publishing in more than 1,000 social sciences and humanities journals.

The speaker of the House will offer keynote remarks during school’s in-person ceremony outside of Kerckhoff Hall.

As part of the campus’s ‘Rising to the Challenge’ pledge, nine projects have received funding, with more on the way.

The three-year arrangement enables UCLA authors to publish open access in 75 premier publications at a reduced cost.

The expert on Russia’s current project focuses on understanding how today’s threats to democracies emerged.

Dr. E. Dale Abel, Robert Bjork and Rosa Matzkin were honored for their distinguished and continuing achievements in original research.

The key challenge, he said, is maintaining a top-tier experience while increasing access.

UCLA had the second highest number of honorees among colleges and universities this year, followed by Stanford, UC Berkeley, MIT and Yale.

The plan includes initiatives focused on transportation, energy, water and food systems.

Stern, currently the associate dean for the humanities at the University of Michigan, begins the new post Nov. 1.