UCLA Athletics receives $1.3 million to focus on women student-athletes
The gift establishes the Mark Kalmansohn UCLA Assistant Softball Coach Endowment and provides the seed gift to create the Women of Westwood Endowment.
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$1 million grant from Delta Dental establishes scholarship at UCLA School of Dentistry
The grant will fund awards to D.D.S. students with an interest in working in underserved communities.
UCLA extends remote instruction through Jan. 28
Campus leaders said they plan to resume in-person classes after this move to promote the health of the Bruin community.
UCLA Athletics receives $1 million to endow softball head coach position
The gift is from Shelly Carlin, a member of the Bruins’ 1982 national championship team.
UCLA announces winter quarter to begin with remote instruction, require vaccine boosters
Classes will begin as scheduled on Jan. 3. The moves are designed to reduce the risk of a rise in new COVID-19 cases in light of the omicron variant.
UCLA campus to close Dec. 18 through Jan. 2, 2022, for winter break
The UCLA Office of Media Relations and most other units across campus will be closed or will operate with significantly reduced hours.
UCLA dedicates labor center building to Rev. James Lawson Jr., champion of civil and worker rights
The building, which is named the UCLA James Lawson Jr. Worker Justice Center, will house labor research, teaching and service for decades to come.
$1 million from Attanasio family will support UCLA geriatric research, education and care
The gift will in part fund the research of Dr. Deena Goldwater, a UCLA geriatric cardiologist.
A perfect tribute: UCLA names labor center building in honor of Rev. James Lawson Jr.
Civil and labor rights icon and 20-year labor studies faculty member to be linked with UCLA in perpetuity at a ceremony on Dec. 11.
‘Strength and Love’: UCLA joins citywide COVID-19 memorial
Royce Hall and Powell Library will shine in blue during a three-day tribute.
43 UCLA scholars among most highly cited researchers for 2021
The list is compiled based on research citations from 2010 to 2020.
Bunche Center for African American Studies receives $5 million from state of California
The funds will support UCLA students, policy reports and big-data projects such as the Million Dollar Hoods initiative.
UCLA’s Congo Basin Institute receives $1 million from Bob and Cindy Taylor
Gifts from the couple are supporting research on the ecology of ebony, a community-driven replanting program and rainforest restoration.
UCLA and Amazon join forces to create Science Hub for Humanity and Artificial Intelligence
The center will engage UCLA faculty and Amazon AI specialists working to address society’s mot pressing challenges.
Chancellor Block shares ideas about higher education and cities with other experts at Milken Institute Global Conference
UCLA’s leader joined several discussions with the aim of sharing lessons learned from recent social movements and the global pandemic.
Three UCLA faculty members elected to National Academy of Medicine
Dr. Helena Hansen, Dr. Keith Norris and Dr. Peter Tontonoz were honored.
Barbra Streisand to fund forward-looking institute at UCLA focused on solving societal challenges
The institute will conduct research into climate change, the dynamics of gender relationships and power, the arts and countering disinformation.
UCLA to honor the legacy of Rafer Johnson, Olympian and champion of equality
Activities will include a virtual conversation about his impact and an in-person celebration of life.
Q&A with UCLA Chancellor Gene Block on the return to campus for fall 2021
The chancellor, who is overseeing the response to the pandemic, shared some of his priorities for the coming year.
Guido Imbens, former UCLA professor, wins Nobel Prize in economics
The Stanford professor and two colleagues were honored for demonstrating “what conclusions about cause and effect can be drawn from natural experiments.”
UCLA alumnus Ardem Patapoutian wins 2021 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine
The neuroscientist, a 1990 graduate, helped answer a fundamental question about how the nervous system senses temperature and touch.
UCLA raises $611 million in 2020–21, supporting students and advancing critical research
Donors during the past year hailed from all 50 states and 72 nations; nearly 95% of gifts were less than $10,000.
UCLA internet studies and race scholar Safiya Noble awarded MacArthur Fellowship
Working at the intersection of race, technology and justice, Noble is set to launch an empowerment nonprofit called the Equity Engine.
Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Emily A. Carter stepping down to refocus on climate change mitigation at Princeton
Carter fostered greater interdisciplinary collaboration, broadened the scope of the Sustainable LA Grand Challenge and helped launch the DataX initiative.
A new school year at UCLA unlike any other
After 18 months of Bruins being away, the campus looks forward to providing the comfort of the familiar and the excitement of change