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President Obama announced a $70 million award today to a nonprofit co-founded by UCLA to create a nationwide Smart Manufacturing Innovation Institute.

The recognition “reflects our commitment to delivering the highest quality of care to this community,” said Karen Grimley, UCLA Health’s chief nurse executive.

More than 5,500 seniors attended Friday's two commencement ceremonies for the UCLA College.

Chancellor Gene Block was joined by members of UCLA’s Undergraduate Students Association to announce the task force.

Witte’s accomplishments include impactful scientific discoveries, advocacy for science education funding and exemplary leadership.

A renowned scholar and chair of UCLA’s Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, García-Garibay has long made undergraduate education a priority and will work to enhance diversity in the physical sciences.

Donations to the Klug Family Support Fund will go directly to the late professor's immediate family.

Friends and colleagues of UCLA professor William Klug gathered Friday at the Court of Sciences to share stories that celebrated his life and mourned his loss in a campus shooting.

The UCLA campus community filled Bruin Plaza on Thursday night to share messages of solidarity and healing in a candlelight ceremony.

In the statement, she expresses her sorrow and asks that the media respect the family’s wish for privacy and not attempt to contact them.

Klug, a professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, died June 1 in a shooting in his office.

UCLA Chancellor Gene Block mourns the loss of William Klug, who earned his master’s degree at UCLA and was a member of the faculty since 2003.

Grief counselors are available to students, faculty and staff. Classes resume Thursday.

Chancellor Gene Block addresses the campus community.

Update: Two adult males are confirmed dead in an engineering building at UCLA.

Channing Dungey, the first African-American to lead a major broadcast network, BlackRock CEO and chairman Laurence D. Fink and Lakers general manager Mitch Kupchak are among those who will address graduates.

Gómez, UCLA professor of law, sociology and Chicano and Chicana studies, will assume the interim dean post on July 1.

Krebsbach, who will be the school’s eighth dean, is currently the Roy H. Roberts Professor of Dentistry and a professor of biomedical engineering at the University of Michigan.

The University of California regents recently approved the appointment of professor Michael Stephen Levine as interim vice chancellor for academic personnel, effective July 1.

A UCLA alumnus and Olympic medal winner, Johnson helped found the Special Olympics and has been a champion of equality for everyone.

The couple, both UCLA alumni, received the campus’s highest honor for more than six decades of philanthropy and leadership that has benefited myriad organizations. 

The rankings assess the international prestige of institutions of higher learning based on input from academic leaders around the world.

Associate Vice Chancellor Monroe Gorden Jr. will become interim vice chancellor of student affairs, effective July 1, following the retirement of Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs Janina Montero. Associate Vice Chancellor Youlonda Copeland-Morgan will become vice provost for enrollment management.

Fink, who received both a bachelor’s degree and M.B.A. from UCLA, is regarded as one of the most influential individuals in business and finance.

The President’s Public Service Law Fellowships will award $4.5 million annually to students who want to pursue public interest legal careers but might otherwise — out of financial need — seek private sector jobs.