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The sports network told the story of how Andrew Goldstein’s courageous story of coming out as gay to his college lacrosse teammates many years ago led to a friendship with a boy who contemplated suicide after coming out.

Lovraj and Dolly Talwar of the United Arab Emirates became fans of UCLA when their son became a Bruin. Their enthusiasm is one reason why more UAE undergrads than ever are coming this fall.

History professor Josh Sides talks about how L.A. came to embody the best and worst of what urban America has to offer African Americans, on July 8 at UCLA's Hammer Museum.

More than 50 people came together today to share deeply felt anger, compassion, fear and frustration as well as hope for healing in response to last week’s tragic shooting in South Carolina.

Better mentorship, revised performance reviews and more transparency are among the recommendations shared at a recent UCLA conference that attempted to figure out how to increase the number of women in tech.

The UndocuBruins Research Program is the first to serve and guide undocumented students at UCLA and encourages the exploration of topics and populations that are rarely examined.

Neo Muyunga’s opera, 'The Struggle,' serves as a departure point for a panel discussion at 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, June 2 at the Hammer Museum.

Featuring speeches by the executive vice president of Magic Johnson Enterprises, an ESPN host and three women who founded companies, the event held on campus spotlighted the importance of women as difference makers.

Currently celebrating its 20th anniversary, the LGBT center bolsters UCLA’s commitment to fostering an inclusive and diverse campus community.

UCLA professor Linda Sax is leading a multi-institutional study that could help determine ways to increase the low numbers of women, in particular women of color, in college computer science programs.

The Ralph J. Bunche Center will host a conversation with John Densmore, writer, actor and drummer for the iconic rock group, The Doors, from noon to 1 p.m. on Wednesday, May 13 at the Faculty Center Hacienda Room.

On Tuesday, April 28, the campus community, together with 2,000 K-12 students, will gather for events to commemorate the day 50 years ago when Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. visited UCLA and addressed nearly 5,000.

The UCLA Academic Senate has named associate professor Paul Barber and professor Dwayne Simmons as joint recipients of the 2014-2015 Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Award.

A coalition of students, faculty and staff is a hosting an April 23 forum to encourage dialogue on campus climate and diversity-related issues.  The program will include facilitated discussions addressing issues such as bias response, student ...

Feature film ‘Dear White People’ — dubbed an ‘Advanced Course in Diversity ’ in a New York Times review — will be presented at 7 p.m., April 29 at UCLA’s James Bridges Theater.

The policy takes effect for freshmen entering the UCLA College this fall and transfer students entering in fall 2017. More than 100 existing courses already meet the requirement.

Kang spoke with UCLA Newsroom’s Eric Greene about his background and his goals for the new position.

Jerry Kang, a faculty member since 1995, has drawn praise from fellow professors for his commitment to fairness and his leadership skills.

Lillie Hsu and Dion Raymond have long-standing “heart-centered connections” to UCLA. The newly-created position of Discrimination Prevention Officer is a key component to remedying bias, improving campus climate and strengthening UCLA’s commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion.

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.

UCLA professor Kathleen McHugh has been appointed as the associate dean for diversity and equity at the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television.

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

The UC President’s Postdoctoral Fellowship Program hope to increase the diversity of faculty by attracting high-caliber researchers and providing them with the professional development training and opportunities to help them compete for highly selective tenure-track positions.

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

Nearly 1,100 students from Washington Preparatory High School, located in southeast Los Angeles County, heard senior leaders from UCLA deliver a simple but inspiring message: A UC education is within your reach.