Faculty + Staff

Deaf entertainer CJ Jones, a musician, comedian and motivational speaker, is bringing his one-man show to campus April 16, from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at De Neve Plaza Room B. Sponsored by UCLA Office of Residential Life and hosted by the...

When students graduate, they can choose to stay connected to their school by joining the alumni association. But what about retired staff and faculty who wish to remain affiliated with their institutions? What options do they have?   For UCLA...

A scene from CAP UCLA’s “Allen Ginsberg’s ‘Kaddish’: A Hal Willner Project.” Just in time for National Poetry Month (April), the Center for the Art of Performance at UCLA (CAP UCLA) and the UCLA Library...

"Kiss Solo" video and audio installation by Brennan Gerard and Ryan Kelly. Students in UCLA’s Department of Art exhibit sculpture, video and new genres in the second of four final showcases by 2013 M.F.A. candidates. Artists include A’alia...

Open Projector Night returns to the Hammer Museum's Billy Wilder Theater on Thursday, April 4 at 7 p.m. This unique, short-film festival features original films and videos of all genres created by independent filmmakers — which can include you, if...

Marjorie Crear, 66, lives alone and suffers from hypertension and diabetes with complications. She is recovering from a recent stroke and a heart attack. The Los Angeles resident shows up often in the UCLA Emergency Department and has been...

A new entrepreneur-in-residence program (EIR) launched at UCLA this month comes to the aid of campus inventors by bringing in experienced entrepreneurs to provide guidance and advice.

"Man Walking down the Side of a Building" was performed in New York in 2010. If you happen to be strolling by the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Center today around noon and suddenly notice someone walking down the side of the eight-story building,...

UCLA’s Professional Development Program (PDP), designed to fast-track high-potential employees for leadership positions, is accepting applications for its 2013-14 session until April 25. Now in its 19th year, PDP is one of the most successful...

For nearly a decade, dedicated teams of therapy dogs and their human companions have brought comfort to thousands of critically ill patients at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center through UCLA’s People-Animal Connection (PAC)....

Andrea Ghez, award-winning professor of physics and astronomy whose work in techniques, such as the adaptive-optics system used by the Keck telescopes, has led to discoveries about star-forming regions and the super-massive black hole...

UCLA men’s volleyball coach to lead U.S. Men's National Team. Staffer collaborates on documentary about 2011 Japanese disasters.

Although tax season doesn’t usually summon warm feelings for most of us, this year it might help to know that some students at UCLA use tax season to do some good in the world.UCLA is home to one of the most prestigious chapters of the the...

Courtney Lyder, the charismatic dean of UCLA’s School of Nursing, has become a regular at Westwood eateries — so much so that several of them have named cocktails or dishes after him.

"Man in Korean Costume," about 1617, Peter Paul Rubens. The J. Paul Getty Museum A new exhibit at the J. Paul Getty Museum, "Looking East: Ruben’s Encounter with Asia," is built around a drawing of a man in Asian dress created by Peter Paul...

Faculty from UCLA’s African Studies Center will be focusing their attention for the next two-and-a-half years on improving the bleak future for girls growing up in Rwanda by building a partnership with a key teacher-training institute in...