UCLA in the Community

More than 60 UCLA volunteers pitched in to help veterans and the homeless celebrate at the West Los Angeles VA campus.

Dr. Kevin Shannon founded the summer camp for kids with heart disease.

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has awarded $415,000 to the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA to support a six-week summer program for incoming college sophomores, juniors and community college students who are interested in health professions.

Chancellor Gene Block, student cadets and midshipmen, and community members gathered on campus today to express their appreciation to veterans and their families.

A new mom and a first-time voter were among the patients at UCLA Health who, despite being hospitalized, still got to cast their vote on Election Day and not miss out on one of the most dramatic presidential elections in decades.

Boeing Company’s retired chairman, CEO and president W. James McNerney Jr. is as the 10th recipient of the John Wooden Global Leadership Award.

The UCLA in Downtown Los Angeles event was the culmination of three weeks of local advocacy efforts by students, faculty, staff and alumni who canvassed the county.

The new partnership will bring the Early Academic Outreach Program to thousands of students and offer one-on-one academic support and college advising services.

In September and October, UCLA advocates are fanning out across L.A. County to speak to 20 elected officials, or their designated staff, about the strong bond UCLA has with communities in their districts.

Behind the move to bring mindfulness into the school day is the UCLA Center for Child Anxiety Resilience Education and Support (CARES), which sponsors this and other programs that support student resilience.

UCLA’s eighth annual Volunteer Day gives new students their first taste of Bruin life and provides service and support at 50 locations throughout L.A. County.

UCLA Volunteer Day will send thousands of new Bruins joined by employees and alumni to 50 sites across Los Angeles to work on projects at schools, parks, senior centers, and veterans’ sites.

While UCLA’s Volunteer Day is an annual event — in fact, the nation’s largest community participation event for new students — its impact on both new students and the community partners they serve far outlasts the day itself.

The UCLA Labor Occupational Safety and Health Program is training residents to qualify for jobs testing and handling hazardous waste materials in a multimillion-dollar cleanup of lead dust contamination.

Mindfulness, a practice that’s growing in popularity, has made its way into classrooms in Watts, thanks to the UCLA Center for Child Anxiety Resilience and Support.

A 1964 interview with Martin Luther King Jr. is one of many historical moments from KTLA-TV in a new online portal created by the UCLA Film and Television Archive.

A new toolkit created by the UCLA Luskin Center for Innovation is designed to help communities navigate paths to improving the areas immediately around the river.

UCLA School of the Arts and Architecture professors Barbara Drucker and Ben Refuerzo created FORM Academy to provide high-quality arts education for inner-city high school students.

UCLA representatives traveled to Bangkok to offer a cultural treasure in gratitude for support.

Law students in the Criminal Defense Clinic at UCLA School of Law worked on a successful clemency petition that will free Darnell Crookshank.

Thanks to the record generosity of UCLA students, the campus transformed old clothes into more than $1,600 for UCLA’s Mattel Children’s Hospital this week.  

Instructors with UCLA Recreation recently offered three classes in tai chi and qi gong, art therapy and creative writing at the V.A.'s West Los Angeles campus to help veterans relax and express their emotions.

Rick Martinez found himself back on the campus where he sought shelter when he was homeless. This time, he was enrolled in a program to develop skills to launch a business.

The University of California, with assistance from educators at UCLA's Center X, is sponsoring a new summer program that makes learning math and science fun for 100 youngsters, thanks to a partnership with Bethany Baptist Church in the Crenshaw area.

Sixteen urban planning students from the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs worked on a research project to assist and inform Mexico City officials and their consultant on ways to improve life in Tacubaya.