campus events

UCLA will honor seven outstanding alumni, Waxman, Ortega, Nancy Halpern Ibrahim, Kathleen Dracup, Ann Wang, Jessica Willison and Albert Aubin, at ceremonies on May 16.

For UCLA’s spring Faculty Research Lecture, Kristal, the chair of UCLA’s comparative literature department and a professor of Spanish, will share his life-long love of the Argentine author Jorge Louis Borges.

A year-long focus will be the massive contribution of women in all art forms. The season begins Oct. 8 with “Desdemona.”

Panelists will be Olympian Rafer Johnson, Dodgers great Tommy Davis, former Fox Broadcasting exec Ron Taylor and UCLA lecturer Paul Von Blum.

Jean Paul Santos will compete May 4 against other campus winners of Grad Slam. His speech, “How to Talk to Mars,” helped him win UCLA's inaugural competition.

Leading scholars, clergy and activists will convene at UCLA on May 3 and 4 to examine the ongoing influence of the late Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel.

At an event held to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s speech at UCLA, more than 100 youngsters from Tom Bradley Elementary School in Los Angeles listened to a rebroadcast of that same speech.

The launch of UCLA startups has resulted in the creation of more than 4,400 jobs and contributed a total of $1.1 billion to the economy.

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.

In an exhibition opening May 3, hair adornments and a contemporary film address changing ideas of beauty and identity in Africa.

Myhrvold founded Intellectual Ventures in 2000 after retiring from his position as Microsoft’s chief strategist and chief technology officer. He earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees at UCLA in 1979.

UCLA students once again deliver big time at the 14th annual student-run Dance Marathon.

Attend lectures, see a ‘green chef’ competition or appreciate art in celebration of Earth Day.

Spring Sing, an annual showcase for talented students, features a top-tier selection of performers who compete for top honors. This year's event will be held May 16 at Pauley Pavilion.

More than 200 university undergraduate students will compete April 24-26 at UCLA’s 2015 DataFest competition.

Some 1,000 cyclists will raise funds for the UCLA Blood and Platelet Center while enjoying a fresh-air tour of West Los Angeles on April 26 during the 18th annual City of Angels Fun Ride, which will start at UCLA.

In Grad Slam, UCLA graduate students ditch the jargon of their disciplines to see who can come up with the best mini-presentation in plain English.

Nearly 13,500 campus guests, including 4,457 admitted freshmen, came to UCLA Saturday to learn about the world-class academic opportunities and campus lifestyle that make the Westwood campus the best place to start their college career in fall 2015.

One of the new meteorites, found in Namibia and weighing in at 811 pounds, is now the largest meteorite in Los Angeles.

India Carney, a senior at UCLA and a singer at major campus events, was selected as one of 20 finalists vying to win the eighth season of NBC’s “The Voice.”

“Making Strange: Gagawaka + Postmortem by Vivan Sundaram” and “The Sahmat Collective: Art and Activism in India since 1989” both open April 19.

UCLA Arts’ spring calendar of more than 150 public events offers the public the chance to experience a wide diversity of creative programming.

Upcoming exhibition will showcase photographs documenting monumental art environments created by artists who find inspiration in their surroundings.

Siva Rajananda, a second-year student from Malaysia, will compete in a campus race this weekend.

Influential political, business leaders and academics will gather on March 6 to discuss the region’s economic and social prospects as well as market growth.