UCLA in the Community

A panel of UCLA experts examine the causes and consequences of the terrorist attacks in Paris and how to deal with ISIS.

UCLA's Ramesh Srinivasan and the UCLA Digital Culture Lab he created helped students from a South L.A. school explore the role of new technology to shape grassroots social change.

A delegation from UCLA met Monday with students at John Muir High School in Pasadena to urge them to consider going to a UC campus.

More than 350 UCLA community members gathered in Wilson Plaza today for UCLA’s eighth annual Veterans Day ceremony to honor current military service members and veterans.

All are invited to attend Nov. 10 to hear remarks by two distinguished military servicemen and Chancellor Block that will be part of the UCLA’s Veterans Day ceremony.

Guests can launch a rocket, take a peek at planets outside our solar system, make a cloud in a bottle and get up close and personal with dinosaur fossils and meteorites.

There is a growing number of UCLA graduates around the world who are revitalizing their UCLA links, thanks to the UCLA Alumni Association’s expanded opportunities and strategic outreach.

Former Los Angeles mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and Homeboy Industries’ Father Greg Boyle are among those who take part in the discussion.

A Ph.D. student in the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, Teni Adewumi is helping to raise awareness of the potential adverse health effects of certain products used at beauty salons.

A UCLA delegation made up of more than 50 alumni, students, staff, community leaders and other friends will meet with members of the Los Angeles City Council and the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors to highlight the tremendous impact UCLA has in the region.

The initiative will provide access to the latest therapeutic cancer clinical trials and state-of-the-art care for men and women who have served in the armed forces.

By combining never-before–released data from energy utilities with public data, UCLA researchers created a database that provides an unprecedented look at the energy-use landscape.

Annual Volunteer Day tradition lends a hand at 48 sites around the city.

The UCLA Parent Project by Center X helps parents understand what’s going on in the classroom and how best to support new learning strategies to help their children succeed.

Volunteers from UCLA will go to 48 sites across Los Angeles County to work on projects at schools, parks, shelters, senior centers, veterans sites and neighborhood centers.

How to refer to the forced removal of Japanese Americans and their immigrant parents during World War II remains an issue.

The UCLA Asian American Studies Center has launched the Suyama Project to gather and make available online evidence of resistance among Japanese Americans forcibly removed from their homes during World War II.

Thanks to UCLA student Grant Guess, schoolchildren with developmental and intellectual disabilities in West Africa are reaping the benefits of working on sustainable farm projects that he has developed for them.

For his courage dealing with sickle cell anemia, 9-year-old Luc Bodden was designated the fourth “Kid Captain” by Mattel Children’s Hospital UCLA and the football team.

At a "Thinking L.A." event co-hosted by UCLA and Zócalo, four panelists discussed the importance and difficulty of implementing desalination plants, water-recycling facilities and other tools to help California make better use of its water resources.

UCLA Engineering has joined with a Korean youth organization to establish the program, which will focus on addressing malaria and other global health challenges.

This summer, 20 UCLA students are learning about food and food justice as part of a new class funded by the UC Global Food Initiative.

The 2015 Special Olympics World Games brought athletes and their families from around the world to UCLA. Some of our favorite moments.

UCLA Health has been providing all the staff, materials and supplies to run the Special Olympics Polyclinic since July 24 to offer free medical care to any athlete or delegate who becomes injured.

Foster youth in UCLA First Star Bruin Guardian Scholars Academy helps lead effort to outfit Haitian soccer team at Special Olympics World Games.