University News

The year 2014 featured the debut of a multi-year fundraising campaign, research breakthroughs, stunning achievements by students and faculty — and an unexpected flood that impacted the campus for months. We call that a momentous year.

Units across campus will be closed or have limited hours from Wednesday, Dec. 24, through Sunday, Jan. 4, as part of an annual winter closure to save energy and money.

For the second consecutive year, UCLA ranked No. 5 in Kiplinger Personal Finance’s list of “Best Values in Public Colleges.”

A new research institute at UCLA may eventually provide doctors with tools to more accurately tailor therapies to patients, which would improve care and minimize side effects.

With players wearing number 42 on their helmets and Robinson’s iconic number 42 painted onto the Rose Bowl field, UCLA made the announcement between the first and second quarters of the annual crosstown rivalry football game.

UCLA announced today it is naming 22 recreation and athletics facilities in honor of Jackie Robinson, the legendary four-sport Bruin star who went on to break the color barrier in Major League Baseball.

The Legislative Assembly of the UCLA Academic Senate has given final approval to a proposal requiring all UCLA College undergraduates to complete a course focused on diversity.

Regents voted for a five-year plan for low, predictable tuition that would allow UC to enroll more California students, maintain the university's strong financial aid program and invest in educational quality.

UCLA and the UCLA Foundation share the Board of Regents conviction that divestment decisions should not hold any one organization or country to a different standard than any other, said Block.

A committee of the University of California Board of Regents voted for a five-year plan for low, predictable tuition that, together with modest state funds, would allow UC to enroll more California students and maintain financial aid.

If 2,200 Bruins donated to any of UCLA’s funds prior to the UCLA-USC football game Nov. 22, alumni Karren Ganstwig and Howard Welinsky pledged to give an additional $100,000 to UCLA.

Researchers from UCLA and Architected Materials will use the grant to continue developing breakthrough technology to reduce the frequency and severity of head injuries to football players.

As a tribute to the couple, the UCLA Center for Health Sciences Plaza was renamed the Irma and Norman Switzer Plaza.

The center is the first of its kind, dedicated solely to advancing the power of entertainment and performing arts to inspire social change.

As chancellor of UCLA, my overriding objective has been preserving our world-renowned academic quality and helping keep a UCLA education affordable for Californians in the face of declining state support.

Jeffery F. Miller, a professor in the Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics, is the new director of the California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI) at UCLA, Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Scott Waugh announced today.

The University of California Board of Regents announced it will consider a new five-year plan for low, predictable tuition that will provide funding to increase access for California students, maintain the university’s robust financial aid program and invest in educational quality.

If also approved by two Academic Senate bodies, the proposal would require all College undergraduates to complete a course focused on diversity.

The gift by Bob and Marion Wilson is the largest scholarship donation the dental school has ever received and will be used to support students dedicated to academic excellence and public service.

The landmark new research and patient-care facility on UCLA’s Stein Plaza completes the trio of buildings envisioned for the Stein Eye Institute more than half a century ago.

UCLA joins the Billion Dollar Green Challenge with a $15 million fund dedicated to sustainability projects. The savings created by each project will help support the next.

The rankings, published today, focus on institutions’ overall academic research and reputation. The survey ranked 500 universities from 49 countries.

Campus will use $2.1 million to launch the NIH Diversity Program Consortium Coordination and Evaluation Center.

A state court judge ruled that the university was in full compliance with the California Environmental Quality Act when planning the the Meyer and Renee Luskin Conference Center, now under construction on campus.

UCLA police are searching for a man who displayed a handgun to a student in Westwood early Friday morning.