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Shirley Clarke was no ordinary documentary filmmaker. One of the first women to break the male lock on independent filmmaking in the ’50s and ’60s, Clarke grew up in New York, a child of wealthy parents who provided her with a...

Plan on attending the annual Alliance Suppliers and BruinBuy Trade Show, where more than 75 of UCLA's recommended suppliers will exhibit their latest products and technologies and answer questions about their goods and services. The trade show will...

As much as social scientists have learned about what drives people’s decision-making, there is still no silver bullet for changing people’s behavior — especially when it comes to making better health...

Barely a few decades ago, it was not uncommon for scholars to discuss diversity, race and ethnicity in binary terms: minorities and majorities, black and white. But the dramatic increase of ethic, racial, linguistic and religious diversity in...

Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa made news at a UCLA panel Tuesday morning when he noted that L.A. will move off of coal-based energy by 2025.

Jacqueline Durran Jacqueline Durran, last night's winner of an Oscar for her costume designs for "Anna Karenina," appeared on a thought-provoking panel of leading costume designers brought together on campus Friday by UCLA's School of Theater,...

In Memoriam: Geneva Phillips, managing editor of the California Dryden Project Jeanette Gilkison (from left), English department’s office supervisor; the late Vinton Dearing, managing editor for the California Dryden Project; and Geneva...

If you ever wanted to find fame on the Internet, then here's your chance to hear from six YouTube stars and entertainment journalists who will be on a panel to discuss just how it's done. USAC's Campus Events Commission is presenting a music...

Facilities Management mechanics suit up in scuba gear to clean each of UCLA’s pools twice a week and they find the weirdest things while they’re underwater.

Matt Rosenstein (right) and a Pathway friend in the bleachers at a Bruins baseball game.For the past eight years, one of Matt Rosenstein’s best friends has been Alexis, who is autistic. They met at Santa Monica High School when Rosenstein was a...

Should we just adapt to climate change?   UCLA environmental historian Jon Christensen (from the left) speaks to Andrew Revkin, writer of an environmental blog at the New York Times, and Alex Hall, a UCLA scientist. The question raises the...

The UCLA professors are among 126 scientists and scholars in the United States and Canada to receive the prestigious honor from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.

Armen A. Alchian, a UCLA economist known for groundbreaking research on the employee–employer relationship, the hidden inefficiencies of governmental regulation, and the forces that determine the success of firms, died today at his home in Los Angeles. The professor emeritus of economics was 98.

Today’s tech-savvy young people expect quick answers from both people and machines, and are more tolerant of social, ethnic and cultural differences, according to a well-known Harvard educator who spoke to a capacity crowd at Schoenberg Hall...