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In honor of Women’s History Month, Block discusses the inspirational figures in her life and her efforts on behalf of women leaders across campus.

The UCLA alumnus, an expert in disability and civil rights law, is currently dean at LMU Loyola Law School.

The UCLA alumna and former UCLA faculty member currently leads the Center for the Advancement of Teaching Excellence at the University of Illinois Chicago.

The Riordan Programs, founded in 1987, provide mentorship and support for high school and college students and recent college graduates.

The inaugural chair holder is Dr. Beth Karlan, a UCLA professor of obstetrics and gynecology.

With more than 169,800 applicants for fall 2023 admission, UCLA is once again the most applied-to four-year university in the nation.

Dr. Artha Gillis, who studies the long-term effects of early-life adversity on children, will be the inaugural chair holder.

August Deer, whose research helped speed up a machine learning technique, is the only finalist from the Los Angeles area.

The gift from Andrea and Donald Goodman and Renee and Meyer Luskin will fuel research in one of the most promising areas of scientific inquiry.

The honorees are Roger Wakimoto, Blaire Van Valkenburgh, Kenneth Nagy, Yi Tang, Tommaso Treu, Christine Dunkel Schetter and Gary Orfield.

The program has awarded nearly 1,400 degrees since its inception in 2007.

The current associate dean of academic affairs at the school, who is a distinguished professor of urban planning, begins her term on Jan. 1, 2023.

Campus operations will resume on Tuesday, Jan. 3.

The first UC to guarantee on-campus housing for all undergraduates. Studying hate. NCAA championship in women’s soccer. “Sweater weather” on the moon. What a year.

The coach of the first U.S. women’s Olympic team, she was widely recognized as a champion for women in sports.

The goal is eventually to increase the Native student, faculty and staff populations while deepening UCLA’s commitment to research into Indigenous studies.

The Nature Positive Universities Alliance commits higher education institutions to take action that helps ecosystems thrive.

Descendants of the original inhabitants of the land that UCLA now occupies will have access to the campus for events and educational opportunities.

The annual list compiled by Clarivate identifies scholars whose work has been referenced most often in studies published by other researchers.

California legislators have invested $15 million in the Latina Futures, 2050 Lab and $1.5 million in the Hollywood Diversity Report.

The Association of Public and Land-grant Universities recognizes school as an Innovation & Prosperity University for commitment to region, workforce.

Students can begin applying for the new degree program in spring 2023.

García-Garibay, who will continue to lead the physical sciences division, begins his two-year term Nov. 1, replacing David Schaberg.

Stern, who will succeed longtime dean David Schaberg on Nov. 1, spoke with us about this new chapter for her and the division.

Valenzuela spoke about his plans for the division, the importance of public engagement and how his early job at a carwash instilled a work ethic that still drives him.