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The linguistic anthropologist is co-editor of a new book that brings together 27 academics to analyze and understand the language of our political moment.

The late Bernice Wenzel and Wendell “Jeff” Jeffrey, both UCLA professors, were well known for their longtime commitment to the university.

A new film by two UCLA faculty members focuses on volunteers who search the Sonoran Desert for undocumented migrants who have died.

Binder co-founded and was the driving force behind UCLA Law’s trailblazing experiential education program from its inception in 1970.

Professor Aslı Bâli offers insight into activism in Turkey by way of a social media selfie trend.

The world-renowned expert in meteorites and lunar rocks had a mineral named after him. He died at home in Los Angeles on Sept. 7.

UCLA is on track to run a completely carbon-neutral fleet by 2025.

During his career, he contributed to general relativity, the theory of weak interactions and models for elementary particles based on the mathematical description of knots.

Working with Los Angeles public television station KCET, the UCLA group seeks to show paths toward sustainability.

The dean of the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health is guiding UCLA’s response to COVID-19.

Professor of geography and expert in climate change and atmospheric dynamics around Antartica helped found the institute in the 1990s.

Mays will work with leaders across campus to help guide and strengthen UCLA’s efforts to support the Black Bruin family.

Led by Sarah Haley, professor of gender and African American studies, the mission is to support and develop Black feminist scholarship and ideas among the campus community.

UCLA’s Bonny Bentzin offers encouragement for those who, thanks to the pandemic, see the word “reusable” and think “infected.”

Celebrating prominent African American women who played a critical role in the fight for women’s suffrage.

UCLA’s Kathleen McHugh helped build “100 for the 100th,” which aims to encourage everyone to vote in honor of the centennial of the 19th Amendment.

The new plans, announced Aug. 21, come in response to directives issued by the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health.

The library also offers digitization of select book chapters and journal articles to help faculty and graduate students continue their research.

The professorship is one of many recent honors for Shih, who joined the UCLA faculty in 1993.

The grant to the UCLA Center for Critical Internet Inquiry comes from the Australia-based Minderoo Foundation.

UCLA political and gender studies experts offer their thoughts on the history-making announcement.

He began teaching at UCLA in 1969 and retired in 2004. In 1995, he received the Charles and Harriet Luckman Award for Distinguished Teaching.

Hawkins, who spent his entire academic career at UCLA, serving as a dedicated scholar, teacher and administrator, died June 27.

The history professor urges everyone to draw inspiration from the beautiful things around us, like the efforts of health care workers, and protests for social justice.

Following close consultation with public health authorities, UCLA has revised its plans for classes, student housing and other campus operations.