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The UCLA Volunteer Center, which is coordinating Team UCLA’s efforts campuswide, estimates that nearly 1,000 Bruin students, faculty, staff, alumni and supporters are lending their time and talents to make the games a rousing success.

Roshan Bastani, director of UCLA Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Equity, and other experts discuss the growing gap between rich and poor Americans, not just in income, but in nutrition, longevity and healthy behaviors, at 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, July ...

UCLA faculty, staff and alumni get discounted tickets to six upcoming 'UCLA Nights with the Angels' games in August and September.

Here are just some of the ways the UCLA community has been part of Special Olympics since the beginning.

University of California President Janet Napolitano announced today that the minimum wage for its workers — both direct and service contract employees — will be raised to $15 an hour over the next three years. 

A University of California initiative to reduce costs and improve quality across UC’s five academic medical centers has saved more than $70 million in its first year.

Attend a UCLA Staff Assembly presentation on being an effective caretaker of aging family members, 12-1 p.m., Wednesday, July 22, at the Fowler Museum's Lenart Auditorium.

Traffic throughout Westwood Village will be impacted from 2:15-3:15 p.m. on Thursday, July 23, when the Special Olympics World Games — which take place July 25-Aug. 2 — officially begin with a torch run along Westwood Boulevard.

Literary Death Match, a humor-centric competition between some of L.A.’s best writers, comes to the UCLA Hammer Museum 7:30- 9:30 p.m., Tuesday, July 21.

The UCLA Hammer Museum presents artist Mark Bradford and Brandeis University professor Anita Hill in a discussion of feminism as a gateway to activism and social justice, 2-4 p.m., Sunday, Aug. 2, at the Billy Wilder Theater.

UCLA Hammer Museum presents Michael Mohan's 'Pink Grapefruit' and other films and videos on Wednesday, Aug. 5, 7:30 p..m. in the latest from the Flux Screening Series.

The 2015 Special Olympics World Games are ready to take center stage at UCLA.

How to get proper exercise while traveling: Guidance from a UCLA Health physical therapist.

UCLA's Campus Cat Network, a team of staff and faculty volunteers that takes care of the small population of homeless cats that reside on campus, is seeking additional members.

Searching online for jobs systemwide at the University of California just got easier, thanks to a revamped jobs website.

Turner Classic Movies is airing a 50th Anniversary Tribute to the UCLA Film and Television Archive on Wednesday, July 15, starting at 5 p.m. (PDT).

UCLA researchers Joelle Wolstein and Susan Babey present 'The Environmental Factors Driving Rising Obesity in California' on Wednesday, July 15, noon-1 p.m.

The Henry J. Bruman Summer Chamber Music Festival, a popular annual series of free concerts, opens July 28 at UCLA with the Westside Chamber Players performing.

Join experts for a panel discussion of the impact of plastic pollution, one of the most significant environmental problems facing our oceans, at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, July 14 at the UCLA Hammer Museum’s Billy Wilder Theater.

The UCLA campus has become a place where mind-body programs are being developed to help people deal with stress as well as maintain a healthy lifestyle through the Healthy Campus Initiative.

Cathryn Leff, patient liaison/analyst at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, has been appointed to the board of directors of the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists.

The UCLA Administrative Management Group is recognizing Raellen Man, Michael Heafey and La Shonda Coleman as the recipients of the organization's annual leadership awards.

The 2015 Research Conference on Aging, a free event hosted by UCLA GeroNet, will take place 8 a.m. to noon, Thursday, July 9, in UCLA’s Ackerman Grand Ballroom.

UCLA Staff Assembly's 2015-16 Executive Board members, elected by staff members in a campuswide vote, took office on office on July 1, 2015.

Recipients of benefits from the University of California Retirement Plan (UCRP) and UC-PERS Plus 5 Plan are receiving a cost-of-living adjustment effective July 1, 2015, and appearing in checks paid at the end of July.